Direct-Entry Captain

Referral Program

Direct-Entry Captain Program

  • $110,000 sign on bonus paid at completion of training

  • Unlimited longevity match

  • Highest pay rates in regional industry

  • Multiple bases to choose from

  • A clear and direct path to a United flight deck upon successful completion of the Aviate Program and hiring requirements should you choose to opt in

Near-Entry Captain Program

  • New hire to Mesa

  • 750+ hours towards 121 upgrade eligibility

  • $40,000 bonus paid out after new hire IOE

  • Upgrade upon reaching 1,000 hours

Most secure pilot path to United

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One of the highest pay rates in the regional industry

  • First Officer rates starting at $100

  • Captain’s up to $215 per hour!

  • Highest pilot pay rate in the regional industry

  • 121 longevity matching - Bring your experience with you

  • United Aviate partner - Direct flow to United Airlines

  • Crew bases in Phoenix, Dallas, Louisville, Houston, Washington, and Cincinnati

  • Partners with United Airlines, United Aviate and DHL.

Need flight hours for your ATP certificate?

The 1500hr rule has made it very expensive and time-consuming to become a licensed airline pilot.

Mesa Airlines is the first regional airline in the industry to provide inexpensive and quick access to ATP training.

  • Build time cost effectively - $60/hr

  • Pay for 50% of your required hours upfront up to 250 hours. Mesa will cover the rest.

  • Remaining hours financed at 0% interest. Repayment by payroll deduction upon beginning of employment.

  • Most direct path to the airline industry

  • Opportunity for a job with Mesa upon completion of program

The Mesa Pilot Development Program offers full-finance, zero-interest time building at $60/hr, repaid while flying with Mesa Airlines. Let us help sponsor your hours to become an airline pilot faster and more cost-effectively than ever before!

Airline Pilots

Choose your aircraft, upgrade quickly, and enroll in the United Airlines Aviate program for a clear route to United.

Flight Attendants

Travel, people, customer service, and safety. If you're passionate about those things, come be the face of Mesa Airlines.

Maintenance

Our FAA Diamond Award-winning team of mechanics, inspectors, and technical operations staff keep our fleet in the air.

Corporate

Dispatch, crew tracking, finance, HR and more. Corporate HQ in Phoenix is home to fast-paced jobs with room to grow.

 

6

Hubs

168

Aircraft

360

Daily
Departures

2,600

Employees

 

Our hubs

PHX is home to CRJ-900 aircraft, serving destinations across the West - from Kansas City to Santa Barbara to Guadalajara.

Phoenix

IAD is our second E175 base, flying for our United Express operation. From Washington Dulles, we take passengers all the way up to Montreal and down to The Bahamas.

Washington

Our crews and maintenance work on the CRJ-900, taking passengers from coast to coast.

Dallas

DEN is our newest base, flying our CRJ-900 aircraft operating as United Express. From Denver, we have a crew of over 60 Flight Attendants and Pilots flying from Bozeman to Springfield to Casper.

Denver

Mesa’s cargo operation is based at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Our 737-400F aircraft, pilots, and mechanics call this base home.

Cincinnati

SDF is our third CRJ-900 base. Pilots and flight attendants who are based here operate flights throughout our extensive network.

Louisville

IAH is Mesa's largest base for our E175 aircraft operating as United Express. From Houston, Mesa crews can fly from Havana to Montana to Cabo.

Houston

What we do

Mesa Airlines operates a large fleet of regional jets and narrow-body aircraft on behalf of our partners. We fly the CRJ-900 and the Embraer E175 as United Express, and the Boeing 737 as DHL Express. Our partners sell the tickets and load the cargo, but we provide the aircraft, crew, and maintenance.

Our partners

We operate flights on behalf of our major airline partners, United Airlines, and DHL. We fly planes that say United Express, and DHL, so our top-notch crews represent both Mesa Airlines and our partners.