Mesa CEO Jonathan Ornstein, AKA Lorenzo

[bobbysamd]

WestAir

I wondered what happened to WestAir. Now I know.

MAPD was no day at the beach, either, especially regarding maintenance. One time, they stuck a Bonanza with inop flaps on the line and told us to fly it. The flaps were placarded. I refused to fly that airplane. This was in 1993, when Larry was still in charge.

By the way, they had the dormitory system back then as well. Before they built the dormitory, they put up new-hires in this fleabag motel on the main drag of Farmington. I don't remember the name of the place, but I remember visiting a couple of my friends at the place in 1990 who were in class.

 

[STEVE CANYON]

Hey Tired_Pilot:

Who was the Cheif pilot? I heard J.O. now has his own personal DHC-8-200.

 

[STEVE CANYON]

Just to add to Tired_Pilot's post. The employee turnover rate at Mesa, not just pilots, but all departments were easily over 50 percent. I went to one of J.O.'s luncheons as an existing employee, not a new hire. It took alot to keep my mouth shut. What he says and what he really does is two different things. The former editors at Pravda couldn't have been any more prouder. The sad part is his reputation spills over onto others in his organization. Larry Risely was the better CEO of the two.

 

[enigma]

Re: WestAir

Before they built the dormitory, they put up new-hires in this fleabag motel on the main drag of Farmington. I don't remember the name of the place, but I remember visiting a couple of my friends at the place in 1990 who were in class.

The Zia Motel in beautiful downtown FMN. And those Zia babes, wow.

regards
8N

BTW. everything in New Mexico is ZIA something or the other.

 

[bobbysamd]

Zia "Motel"

That's it, all right. How quickly we forget.

I believe the dorm was across the street from Corporate in Farmington.

Larry Risley was the better CEO of the two.

Can something like that be possible?

Lest we forget about another member of Mesa's fine "management" team, Mr. Beech 1900, Grady Reed. I heard that his son actually was sharp and nothing at all like Grady.