milehighskyline

i will say this. flew new plane i think its 554 the other day. had 12 mels pretty sad.

Darant

I gotta jump in here though. I have some pretty sad stories about Mel's about two months ago. I have to give it to the company on this one, things have turned around greatly. Very few Mel's lately, no canceled flights for me as of about a month now and I would say just about every one of my legs have been on time. The few delays I have taken with the exception of one was on factors outside of Mesa. This is out of DFW. The gate agents have been better, ground crews better, mx better. It's not perfect but it's certainly a HUGE improvement. I do however worry about fall. When the weather gets crappy I want to see how smoothly things run.

prior121

10-15 more EJETs, maybe somemore 900s, then JO takes the company public again. No 50 seaters, move along, nothing to see here.....

ScottyDo

Not much of a business guy at all. Would taking the company public again be beneficial?

BeatNavy

Yes. http://investorplace.com/ipo-playboo...ies-go-public/

deltajuliet

But why would anybody invest in a FFD carrier with "razor thin margins" like Mesa? Especially with fear and concern over an upcoming pilot shortage?

logic1

Why would anyone invest in any airline.... It is a ridiculous investment.

RV5M

They already have. That's why Mesa is still in business.

BeatNavy

You don't invest in a company (or not) because of its profitability (or lack thereof). Profitability doesn't have much to do with a company's valuation. It's more about growth and future revenue/earnings. People invest in companies all the time that lose money quarter after quarter.

What guys keep failing to understand is that people are currently invested in Mesa. It's other companies and hedge funds, not retail investors. JO doesn't own this company. He answers to other people believe it or not. Clearly they (professional fund managers) think there is a future with the company (or they bought their share at a significant discount). Going public just gives access to more investors, from other companies and funds to retail investors like you and me. It makes the company more liquid and easier to deal with for mergers and acquisitions, or reducing/adding to funds' position, among other benefits.

iFlyRC

Here it goes, every E-jet Envoy gets, they are giving a 145 to Express Jet... This is fact, not rumor... The rumor is that Envoy is taking back flying from Mesa with every E-jet they get, as told by an Envoy MX person...
So, Express Jet is expanding DFW, Envoy taking back more flying, Mesa shrinking DFW ops...
Sounds about right...