Joe Machalek is the Vice President of Technical Services for Mesa subsidiary, Air Midwest. Joe began his career at Mesa in 1987 as a night shift A&P Mechanic in Farmington, New Mexico, working his way up from Mechanic to Lead Mechanic, Inspector, and then Foreman. In 1993 he moved to Jacksonville Florida as the Regional Quality Assurance Manager for Mesa subsidiary Florida Gulf Airlines. He moved to Air Midwest in 1995 to become the Vice President of Technical Services.