I'm a current Mesa pilot. Guys do get hired here at Mesa with 250 hours or so, but every bad thing you have ever heard about this place is true. My advice, skip the MAPD program, go get your flight time elsewhere, and go shopping at some of the other regionals with very low flight time (PSA, Trans States, etc). Mesa is the not the place to be.
Right now our attrition is 4% per month (75 pilots last month out of 1700). The worse the attrition, the worse the QOL, the worse the attrition....vicious cycle that they can't seem to stop. Everybody here has 1 foot out the door, just looking for any opportunity to leave, myself included.
If you have any further questions, PM me
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