MESA= no pilots!!!
04-17-2007, 07:38 PM
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Yeah , those jokers wanted to do a TWO day interview/hiring process when I talked to them. Uhhh...no thanks fellas...that's just plain bug house crazy. I don't know of ANY airline even that does that.
04-17-2007, 08:02 PM
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Ornstein might make the Guiness Book of World Records for being the msot stupid individual in airline history. When is that soap scum of a CEO going to get it? I guess he doesn't care. Mesa is history!
04-17-2007, 08:09 PM
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He's laughing all the way to the bank. He's not stupid...JO cares about himself and $$$, it's really that simple. If Hell exists he's definitely going direct.
04-17-2007, 08:10 PM
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Ornstein: Mesa growing despite potential labor shortage
Tuesday April 17, 2007
Mesa Air Group Chairman and CEO Jonathan Ornstein said hiring enough employees to keep pace with growth, much of which is within his own company, will be one of the most significant challenges facing regional airlines this year.
Last month, Mesa's service agreement with Delta Air Lines was amended to include 14 new CRJ900s for Delta Connection, most likely at Cincinnati or Atlanta. It also expects to launch its Chinese joint venture with Shenzhen Airlines by September with a CRJ200. Mesa, which holds a 25% stake, will handle operations while Shenzen will be in charge of marketing and planning (ATWOnline, April 11).
Some current Mesa pilots will head to China to fly for the new airline, Ornstein told ATWOnline last week at an analyst conference in Puerto Vallarta. "There is not a glut of pilots and the major airlines are hiring," he said, pointing to his carrier's in-house Pilot Development Program in Farmington, N.M., where enrollment has dropped nearly 40% this year.
He said Mesa and Shenzhen have applied to use a former military airfield located between Beijing and Beijing Capital International Airport as a base. He also revealed that Kunpeng Airlines is a placeholder name for the new JV and may change.
Ornstein remains optimistic about the future of go!, which began flying last summer in Hawaii and currently operates 64 daily inter-island flights with four CRJ200s that he hopes eventually to replace with CRJ900s. The carrier has a market share of about 10%-11%, most of which is coming out of Aloha Airlines, he said. While it currently is unprofitable, he expects go! ultimately will turn a profit. "Building a brand and equity costs far less than it would cost for us to buy [another carrier]," he said.
He declined to discuss the ongoing legal battles with Hawaiian and Aloha, which kicked off when Mesa Air Group announced plans for the low-fare startup more than a year ago.
by Sandra Arnoult
Just got this today off of ATW Online. Good luck J.O. with your shortage. DON'T GO TO MESA NEWBY'S, so we can watch him scramble for pilots!
Tuesday April 17, 2007
Mesa Air Group Chairman and CEO Jonathan Ornstein said hiring enough employees to keep pace with growth, much of which is within his own company, will be one of the most significant challenges facing regional airlines this year.
Last month, Mesa's service agreement with Delta Air Lines was amended to include 14 new CRJ900s for Delta Connection, most likely at Cincinnati or Atlanta. It also expects to launch its Chinese joint venture with Shenzhen Airlines by September with a CRJ200. Mesa, which holds a 25% stake, will handle operations while Shenzen will be in charge of marketing and planning (ATWOnline, April 11).
Some current Mesa pilots will head to China to fly for the new airline, Ornstein told ATWOnline last week at an analyst conference in Puerto Vallarta. "There is not a glut of pilots and the major airlines are hiring," he said, pointing to his carrier's in-house Pilot Development Program in Farmington, N.M., where enrollment has dropped nearly 40% this year.
He said Mesa and Shenzhen have applied to use a former military airfield located between Beijing and Beijing Capital International Airport as a base. He also revealed that Kunpeng Airlines is a placeholder name for the new JV and may change.
Ornstein remains optimistic about the future of go!, which began flying last summer in Hawaii and currently operates 64 daily inter-island flights with four CRJ200s that he hopes eventually to replace with CRJ900s. The carrier has a market share of about 10%-11%, most of which is coming out of Aloha Airlines, he said. While it currently is unprofitable, he expects go! ultimately will turn a profit. "Building a brand and equity costs far less than it would cost for us to buy [another carrier]," he said.
He declined to discuss the ongoing legal battles with Hawaiian and Aloha, which kicked off when Mesa Air Group announced plans for the low-fare startup more than a year ago.
by Sandra Arnoult
Just got this today off of ATW Online. Good luck J.O. with your shortage. DON'T GO TO MESA NEWBY'S, so we can watch him scramble for pilots!
04-17-2007, 08:16 PM
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04-18-2007, 07:45 AM
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