Grumble

Was there yesterday ironically.

Way to try and deflect. Insulting someone while being wrong in one breath.

full of luv

Gentlemen this has nothing to do with the original premise of this post....
Mesa is opening a base in ATL and poster thinks it’s a sign UAL is going to build a SE hub in ATL.

757Driver

And both Pilots met down there, suuuure.

Not to quibble but your first response was as big an insult as my one that followed it. Perhaps it was you that my buddy removed?

Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled program and Happy New Year

Firsttimeflyer

Rumor from the janitorial engineers club in college park is the entire A terminal to be updated and converted to United gates in 2018. Mesa base is just tip of the iceberg apparently as those flights transition to the A350 as they get delivered.

RomeoHotel

I apologize for adding to the thread drift but... I typically shoot an email to my FO the day before a trip. I give him/her my cell number and some idea as to when and where we will meet. Seems to pave the way into a smooth first day.....

757Driver

I do the exact same thing at LAX but in SNA its not necessary as there is no actual FPA despite what the 10-7 page says. My friend Grumble decided to hijack an already hijacked thread with his incorrect opinions, but I digress.

ecam

Things must be pretty awesome at United if this kind of crap is the best you guys can come up with to measure johnsons over.

But back to the topic, there's no way UAL is making a move into ATL. ULCCs have barely nosed under the tent and DAL has been swatting them like flies. Plus SWA has a large presence there. It would make no sense for UAL to try and establish a hub in such a crowded fortress market. Somewhere underutilized like RDU would make way more sense.

As many others have said, this is just Mesa trying to poach pilots away from Expressjet, and a weak attempt at it. They would have to be pretty hard up to make that move, and it would be just like Mesa to immediately close the base as soon as they have all the pilots they want. This dovetails nicely with the rumor Expressjet management is spreading about a UAL buyout and seniority numbers for the pilots. Which of course is never going to happen, but it will probably keep many around to see if it actually happens.

What we are watching is the slow, painful death of the regional jet industry. Finally.

And another thing. It's not fair to disparage an entire pilot group just because your buddy claims he ran across a jackass. My airline has many former Mesa folks. Those I've met and flown with all seem to be great people and great pilots. And they're all glad to be LAMA.

757Driver

Agree completely but I guess you missed this at the bottom of my first post:

ReadyRsv

There is a contract compliant FPA in SNA AND a cipher locked, climate controlled break room with recliners!

Mesa sucks! (LAMA)

N6279P

Unless some of ExpressJet management secretly writes for Bloomberg on the side, there has been nothing said about anything to do with a United buyout.