AV88

I overheard an ALPA rep and a captain talking about a major announcement coming out in September… they speculated that it would be United buying out Mesa. Has anyone heard this rumor?

I am well aware rumors are very unreliable in this industry. Just wondering if others have heard the same thing.

Also, any updates on the CRJ program? Are we ramping up operations in Denver? I know we sent our line qualified instructors back to the line and stopped hiring, but I spoke to a recruiter and he said they’re still hiring CRJ non line qualified sim instructors in anticipation of resuming hiring later this year.

crjflyer0023

Yes sir. There is indeed some big big announcement being made in September. Oddly enough, it is also the date of the town hall meeting with JO. So whatever it is, most likely will be revealed in the town hall online meeting with the CEO.

Could it be United buying out Mesa, and all Mesa pilots becoming United pilots and merging mesa/united seniority lists like spirit and jetblue were planning? Sure. Delta is practically doing the same thing in the near future with endeavor.

The buying of Mesa by United can have many positives. It means JO can take an early retirement and live in some mansion far away from civilization and not have to stress about making Mesa survive. It will add 10 years to his life. Mesa will have a HUGE support of cash from united. Mesa will become more stable, being a wholly owned (or fully stable if it becomes United)

Thats the best case scenario.

Worst case scenario is that United is not happy shelling out money for Mesa, it's not happy with crj performance and the planes constantly breaking down. So they also cut ties with Mesa. Mesa will be nothing other than some small DHL cargo carrier no one will remember.

flynd94

thankfully the UA flight attendants have a great scope clause and Mesa will not be purchased by United.

boy ExpressJet pilots were saying the same thing as far back as 2010…. Look what happened to them.

Mesa has nothing to offer UA. We can hire pilots/FA’s. We don’t need the clapped out 900’s and can place the 175’s with another carrier

bonvoyage

If y’all put as much effort into your application as you did into gossiping, you’d be sitting in class at a legacy instead of where you’re at.

AirBear

I was at Mesa 2003-2005. Maybe this is "the big announcement" we've been waiting for since back then

crjflyer0023

it very well could be. The industry is not like it was 2 decades ago. Things are changing rapidly, and Mesa has already made some very very significant changes in the past couple years.

LizzyBorden

Oh boy.....you must be new around these parts.

Twr199

Likely scenarios: 1) CommutAir and Mesa are merging or UA is parting ways and Mesa is expanding cargo.

Bricky

Is either hiring? I (and some friends) still have a CJO but no responses or updates in months. If they are not hiring it could mean they know they are done. I heard we're (I'm at Republic) picking up Mesa flying. Same with gojet.

CFI4Life95

Only hiring captains. Stopped hiring FOs due to lack of captains.