- Mar 7, 2003
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Last month I had to fly Mesa from CLT to MYR. I was dreading the flight becuase of several Mesa experiences from years back. I must say I could not have been more surprised. The aircraft was clean, the flight attendants were professionally dressed, pleasant, and did a fantastic job on the short flight (we even arrived ahead of schedule).
I know one flight can't speak for all, but based on my recent experiences on PSA (which are much more numerous) at this point I'd almost prefer Mesa.
It's pretty easy to have good numbers when you don't have ACARS and you blatantly lie about your times. I've heard MESA calling for push on the ramp frequency and telling them that they were out 20 minutes prior. Apples to oranges....Sep stats were 98.x% completion rate and 80.5% on time, some of the best stats for YV operating for either HP or US.
for the month, they are again at 98.4/5% completion and on time is between 75 - 80%.
they've really turned things around.
Ever Look at the USAirways WEST operation. Yes they have Acars, BUT- the Crews will pop the brake then reapply after the passenger service door is closed giving an OUT time. You can sit at the gate 10 more minutes loading bags, But you have an OUT ON-TIME
Mesa(dba Air Midwest) has done well by me , I have flown over 60 R/T segments with them and never had any problems as well as a few Mesa RJ's west. Even on the Beech 1900D's there's never been a problem.The "Airways West" opreation is the same as the "East" -- the CRJ 900s are flying under the HPX agreement, not USX. Parker & Team are giving Mesa 6 months to prove themselves before they considering giving them more CRJ 900s.
Regarding throwing the break, any pilot can do that, then it would blow overall A:14 arrivals with a late arrival. Did you also know you can turn ACARS off and manually put in the times? (I know some MDA crews that used to do that).
Friend "in the know" said that for October, there were only 24 cancels outside of PHX - so 24 out of 11,000 flights is NOT bad. She also said the ontime arrivals was 78.3%
Mesa the most worthless airline i've ever seen , even worse than service air , if mesa seems to be doing better , that can only mean ONE thing , they've hired 5 people for each plane they have to get them in and out on time ... as soon as summer hits and the heat dies off on mesa airlines , you can expect 70 % of their work force to quit LIKE USUAL ... there is only ONE good thing about mesa airlines , and it's that compared to us airways , they have some nice looking flight attendants , that is the ONLY good thing i have to say about mesa... and heck , i really shouldn't have said that , but hey , it's christmass time , and so i thought i'd be giving ...there you go mesa , merry christmass...