Cadets will begin accruing longevity for both pay, vacation and employee travel purposes at Mesa upon enrolling in the program.

“In response to the enactment of ill-conceived and financially punitive government regulations recently imposed on aspiring commercial pilots, Mesa and Southern Airways are working together to make the path to an airline career more accessible to qualified candidates,” said Mesa CEO Jonathan Ornstein...

Mesa continues to develop innovative programs to address the challenges of burdensome federal regulations on the regional airline industry, particularly the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010, which led to further regulations for new hire pilots to have 1500 hours of total time, a standard based on zero scientific evidence and many times greater than every other country in the world. In fact, under the new regulations, foreign pilots who do not qualify to fly for U.S. carriers, fly everything from regional aircraft to jumbo jets into U.S. airspace, landing in American cities every day. While Mesa is hopeful changes will soon be made to these counter-productive government policies, the company will continue to find ways to provide opportunities, growth, and job security for its employees.