Mesa #1 - Official evidence

[CaribPilot]

We care. You talk your BS...you get shown that you are wrong then say....who cares?

Please use the search function, find where i "talked my BS", post the link to this BS, and show me how I am wrong. If you cant do this and you fail to find anything.....go take a long walk off a short bridge.

"Mesa Sucks" does not even begin to scratch the surface of the epic failure that Mesa is. They are undoubtedly the worst regional carrier flying, everything from work rules, to management practices, pay scales, maintenance quality, to the worst CEO in these here United States.

You know Mesa really does suck when older working pilots who don't even browse the internet much frequently say, "Mesa needs to go away". Lolllll

 

[CX880]

Here are the UAL/UAX stats for july 09 (the most recent I was able to find)

Avg Daily flights
1. OO 1,077
2. YV 348
3. S5 196
4. AX 182
5. G7 128
6. 9L 73
7. RP 51
UAX 2,041
UA 1,023

Adj. Completion
1. OO 99.6
2. RP 99.6
3. S5 99.5
4. AX 99.4
5. 9L 99.3
6. G7 99.3
7. YV 98.6
UAX 99.6
UA 99.2

D:O
1. RP 89.3
2. 9L 88.4
3. S5 87.6
4. G7 81.7
5. AX 78.9
6. OO 75.4
7. YV 74.3
UAX 78.0
UA 75.4

STAR Flights
1. RP 92.2
2. S5 91.0
3. 9L 88.4
4. G7 87.6
5. YV 85.1
6. AX 84.2
7. OO 84.2
UAX 85.7
UA 85.9

A:14
1. RP 94.3
2. S5 91.7
3. 9L 91.0
4. G7 89.5
5. AX 87.0
6. OO 86.9
7. YV 84.9
UAX 87.7
UA 88.0

Bags
1. OO 8.29
2. 9L 8.53
3. G7 11.6
4. S5 12.34
5. YV 13.11
6. AX 13.15
7. RP 19.11
UAX 13.15
UA 6.24

Yea and those numbers are with ACARS so no false numbers like with Airways!!

 

[Mike man]

Please explain to me how Acars impacts A-14 when the times are reported by Delta people?

Delta people don't call the times in to operations, the crews do...so a one or two minute delay or even 10, 20, 30 minutes can all be on time with a pen in the logbook, but with ACARS a one second delay is a delay.

Please explain to me how Acars impacts completion factor?

You can change the date in ACARS to show they flight completed on what ever day you want. Which you think would snowball and be a big deal eventually, but a repo flight here or there can keep the numbers down (for CX's) or up (for hight %'s)

Please explain to me how Acars impacts in flight service of frequest flyer perception of value?

Flight attendants filling them out using tickets left in seat back pockets...real names, real seats, real record locator...I have never, ever seen a passenger fill one of those stupid things out when they are happy and on time, only when they are upset and late.

 

[Rekks Inbound]

Yea and those numbers are with ACARS so no false numbers like with Airways!!

What we here at AWAC have heard since starting USAirways flying back in 2006 is that Tempe is extremely pleased with our performance, especially in PHL, compared to the last operator (MESA). And that is with ACARS on our a/c. The only thing Parker has said he's not happy with is our cost.

Oh well, you get what you pay for, I guess.

Peace.

Rekks

 

[OPECJet]

What we here at AWAC have heard since starting USAirways flying back in 2006 is that Tempe is extremely pleased with our performance, especially in PHL, compared to the last operator (MESA). And that is with ACARS on our a/c. The only thing Parker has said he's not happy with is our cost.

Oh well, you get what you pay for, I guess.

Peace.

Rekks

Parker still wouldn't be happy if you guys were flying for free.

I can't tell you how many times I heard Mesa -900s calling off times other than actual when pushing back at CLT. That was when they first brought the 900s in there and parking them at C concourse. Couldn't complain too much, I only left late when I was pissed.

 

[79%N1]

There is no doubt Freedumb lies on times. I was sitting next to them in GSP, watched them close the door at :14 past, and call out "on time, on the hour"! We laughed our arses off on that one.

 

[rene]

I'll tell you this rene from a pax standpoint who knows what's up....

Last year I airlined home on UA flights ASE-DEN-BHM. ASE-DEN Skywest, DEN-BHM on you guys. The SkyWest crews, very professional, friendly, clean, well spoken, well groomed (I'm talking cabin crews here, flight crews are flight crews in my book). Cabin appearance? Clean, well lit, well maintained, very few wear scratches in the paint, appeared to be well maintained from a pax standpoint. In flight service? What you would expect on a short leg.

Mesa flight? Inbound aircraft late, went to Starbucks with the flight crew. Good guys, professional, not the spiky hair type. Cabin crew? One looked like she came out of the hood, the other had some definite porn star qualities. With a slight beer buzz, possibly doable. Neither were intelligable on the PA. Cabin appearance? Grimy. Hadn't been cleaned in God knows how long, I felt like I needed a shower halfway through that 2 hour hell. Loose fittings rattled like a baby toy during the taxi, brakes sounded like an overloaded 18 wheeler trying to stop in a gigantic litter box full of angry cats. In flight service? What I would have expected on the ASE-DEN leg. Very little, even fewer smiles. I might add the galley hag in the back kept the lav locked until a parent threatened to let his little boy piss in the galley. I thought that was pretty funny..... It wasn't MEL'ed either, just an FA who felt like it had to be locked if the seatbelt sign was on. Seems to be the norm on Mesa..

I'm no fan of SkyWest, but you guys have a long way to go before much in that "memo" is true. Nothing against Mesa crews. For many years they busted hump to get me to work and home. I've also run across more than one professional and well demeanored Mesa FA. Just seems like my last experience as a "paying" passenger is more the norm than not.

I'd also love to see one of those Delta comment card things you speak of. I've been medallion level of some sort for the last 2 years and have yet to see one.

Maybe you need a more recent observation? My point is that Mesa has changed for the better and changed dramatically fro the better within the last year.

 

[rene]

Delta people don't call the times in to operations, the crews do...so a one or two minute delay or even 10, 20, 30 minutes can all be on time with a pen in the logbook, but with ACARS a one second delay is a delay.



You can change the date in ACARS to show they flight completed on what ever day you want. Which you think would snowball and be a big deal eventually, but a repo flight here or there can keep the numbers down (for CX's) or up (for hight %'s)



Flight attendants filling them out using tickets left in seat back pockets...real names, real seats, real record locator...I have never, ever seen a passenger fill one of those stupid things out when they are happy and on time, only when they are upset and late.

Please trust me on this, NONE of these things are happening. Do you think for one second that if Delta thought we were cheating on any metric, particularly on metrics for which they pay incentives, that they wouldn't send an army of auditors to prove it and then run to court to get their money back?

Your accusations are off the mark and fall into the catageory of pure fantasy. The frequent flyer surveys are filled out on line after the frequent flyer signs into their account with a secure password.

Delta would just never accept an on time arrival if we were late.

 

[rene]

What we here at AWAC have heard since starting USAirways flying back in 2006 is that Tempe is extremely pleased with our performance, especially in PHL, compared to the last operator (MESA). And that is with ACARS on our a/c. The only thing Parker has said he's not happy with is our cost.

Oh well, you get what you pay for, I guess.

Peace.

Rekks

Here is a little problem with your post. Mesa was NOT the last operator in PHL for Airways.

Why don't we all just forget about the facts and just makeup whatever fantasy we want to create about Mesa. I am just one pilot and I am not very senior, and i see a very well run company at least on the operations side.

Please give us a break and quit the bashing.

 

[CX880]

i see a very well run company at least on the operations side.

Please give us a break and quit the bashing.

That's why you have Delta trying to get rid of you and UA already did with the 200s. Airways is next. You are the only mesa pilot that defends the place at least on the internet.