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

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 and DHL.

Need Flight Hours for Your ATP Certificate?

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

Mesa Airlines is the first regional airline in the industry to provide inexpensive and quick access to ATP training. The Mesa Pilot Development Program will sponsor your hours to become an airline pilot if you enroll as a cadet. Once enrolled, you can fly to 1500 hours in just 40 hours a week with your commercial pilot certificate, faster and more cost-effectively than ever before!

The Mesa Pilot Development Program offers full-finance, zero-interest time building at $35/hour. For all students in the program, loans will be available, which can be repaid over three years while earning $100 per hour with Mesa Airlines.

WE ARE ONE OF THE HIGHEST PAID REGIONAL AIRLINES IN THE INDUSTRY!

Embraer E175/ Bombardier CRJ-900

Captain - $150 - $215

First Officer - $100 - $110

Boeing 737-400F

Captain - $150- $215

First Officer - $100 - $137

A career with Mesa Airlines will give you the opportunity to grow professionally and begin your airline career.

As an airline, we have a diverse group of pilots, flight attendants, mechanics, dispatchers, and corporate professionals. Mesa flights are operated as United Express. We are also the only regional airline to operate narrow-body aircraft, with our Boeing 737-400F cargo aircraft for DHL.

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.