Word: mesas
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JOHN COX (D) District 1 (Southeastern Phoenix--Tempe; Mesa...
BORN: May 31, 1948, Riverside EDUCATION: Western State U, B.S.L., 1976, J.D., 1976 FAMILY: Wife, Lynne; two children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: Army, 1969-71 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1980- ADDRESS: 9340 Fuerte Drive, No. 302, La Mesa...
...Mesa Air Group, the largest independently owned commuter airline in the U.S., has long caught heavy flak for its mechanical glitches, overbooking and pervasive incompetence. The company fired five workers last summer after a co-pilot's girlfriend (also a Mesa employee) took the cockpit jump seat on a flight from Casper, Wyoming, to Denver, forcing an off-duty pilot to occupy the plane's only bathroom. But last week Mesa agreed to fly right by signing a Federal Aviation Administration order requiring the carrier to improve its operations and pay a $500,000 fine. The FAA will halve...
...Mesa's critics include two Colorado Republicans, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell and Congressman Scott McInnis, who want Congress to launch its own probe of the airline. Both lawmakers are frequent flyers on United Express, one of six Mesa divisions that provide feeder service to USAir, United Airlines and America West. Campbell was incredulous last summer when the pilot on his flight had to crank down the landing gear manually after it became jammed on the approach to Denver...
...Mesa chairman Larry Risley attributes such problems to the delayed delivery of new planes in the face of soaring passenger demand. The 16-year-old New Mexico-based carrier operates 2,000 flights a day to 166 cities in 30 states. Borne aloft by the industry's good times, Mesa had strong profit growth in the second quarter. Yet Risley concedes that "we fell short of customers' expectations," and he vows to do "whatever it takes" to improve service. Apparently, it takes an FAA order...