The major carriers in the US have several regional airlines that operate flights for them. The current pilot shortage has made it difficult for these airlines to operate their schedules.
Mesa Airlines will stop flying for American Airlines in order to focus on United Airlines.
Mesa will stop operating flights for American on April 3,23. Out of Dallas and Phoenix, Mesa uses CRJ-900 aircraft.
The decision to end the agreement with Mesa Airlines was a strategic one. The carrier's ability to be a reliable partner for American has been impacted due to financial and operational difficulties.
Even with Mesa being cut, American will still have up to six regional partners. Air Wisconsin will begin flying on behalf of American in the early part of the 20th century. Unlike the other regional carriers, Envoy, Piedmont, and PSA are subsidiaries of American.
The events in Mesa are different from those in the US. If you look at American's version of events, you would think that American was the one who broke up with Mesa.
There is more to the tale. Mesa believes that this is a positive move and will start flying for United. In a memo to Mesa employees, the company says that this is one of the most exciting and positive developments in the company's 40 years of existence. Mesa is worried about American being a reliable partner, just as American is worried about Mesa being a reliable partner.
United will be Mesa's only partner after Mesa's CRJ-900 flying transitions from American to United. The planes will be located in Denver and Houston. The airline made some shocking claims. Mesa says it has lost $5 million a month flying for American.
There's a reason.
American significantly raised regional pilot wages for their wholly owned subsidiaries to deter pilots from going to national carriers and attract pilots from the ever-shrinking pool of qualified pilot applicants. Unfortunately, as a result of their claim of “limited resources,” American chose not to fund the higher pilot rates for their non-affiliated carriers. At the same time, we were being penalized for not producing the required block hours under our pre-Covid contract with American. These two actions were costing us approximately $5 million losses per month.
Mesa believes that dropping American and flying with United will be one of the most beneficial transactions in the history of regional aviation.
This is one of the more dramatic airline break ups we have seen. Both American and Mesa claim to have started the break up. I'm ending my relationship with you because you're not a good partner. You cost me $5 million a month when I broke up with you.
The change in flying is related to that.
Mesa Airlines will no longer fly on behalf of American Airlines and will instead work with United Airlines. Who you ask is up to you. Mesa is the worst airline since sliced bread, and it couldn't dump it fast enough. American is the worst airline since sliced bread, and it couldn't dump it fast enough.
Mesa says it lost $5 million per month flying with American, and that it achieved the best contract ever with United. There is a possibility that the truth is somewhere in the middle.
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