Mesa / Air Midwest to stop 1900 flying?

[Smiliner]

Just read on the DOT website that Mesa / Air Midwest has filed applications to TERMINATE service to the following cities...

Lake Havasu, AZ
Merced, CA
Visalia, CA
Athens, GA
Hagerstown, MD
Alamogordo, NM
Farmington, NM
Roswell, NM
Ely, NV
DuBois, PA
Franklin/Oil City, PA
Lancaster, PA
Cedar City, UT
Moab, UT
Vernal, UT
Greenbrier/White Sulphur Springs/Lewisburg, WV

Some of these cities have been in the Mesa system for less than 9 months. Are they getting rid of their 1900's?

 

[s3jetman]

yes they are

 

[PURPLEHAZE21]

Finally....

 

[cjcpilot]

Yet they also bid to get PRC/IGM/PGA/SOW back and rebid for HYS/GBD/DDC/GCK. I wish they would make up their mind.

 

[maxpayrollcruz]

I think with the closure of the west, they will not take any AZ flying...who knows. I also heard someone bought Air Midwest.

 

[CitationLover]

good riddance hankasaurus, rickster, and satan's daughter trista!

 

[amcnd]

"Farmington, NM"

Isn't that there headquarters? I guess this keeps they mad employee's from hunting them down.

 

[stall022]

1900 EAS is going away due to one thing...pilot Attrition...We can't keep the jets staffed so they are pulling the 1900 for the crews. We lost 65 pilots last month and 75 so far this month.

Mesa was started in Farmington but they moved the headquarters to Phoenix many years ago. Air Midwest headquarters are in Wichita KS.

 

[The_Russian]

We buy now!

 

[sktwstdfrk]

If I was treated like this in the press I'd get the hell out of town too. Is this reporting or an opinion piece?

http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070526/NEWS01/705260305