Mesa down the tubes

[Amanda]

Jeez- Nick updates me with Mesa news since he still has some friends there. Most have thankfully moved on to bigger and better airlines. Mesa has lost so many pilots and now they owe $80 million to Hawaiian Airlines after a recent lawsuit.

If any of you have a guy at Mesa- try to encourage them to get out ASAP! I bet that company will go belly-up in the near future...

Mesa ordered to pay Hawaiian Airlines $80M
David Segal
dsegal@starbulletin.com


Mesa Air Group, parent of interisland carrier go!, must pay Hawaiian Airlines $80 million for using confidential information obtained during Hawaiian's bankruptcy to enter the Hawaii market, a federal judge ruled today.
Bankruptcy Judge Robert Faris, who had taken the matter under advisement on Oct. 4 following a nine-day evidentiary hearing and trial, said Mesa breached a confidentiality agreement by failing to return to Hawaiian or destroy evaluation material on a timely basis, then using that material to gain a competitive advantage when entering the Hawaii market.

Faris also ruled that Mesa must pay Hawaiian interest of 3.97 percent per annum as of the date of today’s ruling, but denied Hawaian’s request for a one-year injunction against go! for selling tickets because he said the award of the money damages adequately redressed the harm suffered by Hawaiian.

Star-Bulletin Breaking News - Mesa ordered to pay Hawaiian Airlines $80M