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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 4:29 pm
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Originally Posted by cblaisd
a) go! (Mesa) operates out of the commuter terminal. It's more of a hassle to get to and from the mainland/international terminal. And you will end up walking outside on the tarmac to make the connection (as well as to board/deplane from the aircraft) which is loud, smelly, and no fun when it's raining.

b) go! uses CRJ200s. The worst aircraft God ever made.

c) go! has a miserable customer service record of canceling flights and stranding folks overnight who were depending on them not to cancel a flight.

d) go! lost an $80 million dollar court judgment for its business practices; it was the proximate cause of much misery in Hawai`i when it said that it intended to and then succeeded in bankrupting Aloha Airlines (all the while claiming how much they "loved" Hawai`i). They are bad news.

e) As noted, go!'s inter-lining of bags is completely inconsistent.

Please fly Hawaiian or Pacific Wings or IslandAir or Mokulele instead.
Completely agree. OP, please consider an alternative to go!, don't support Mesa and its practices. United's hawaiian options are usually expensive, but you should be able to get Expedia to come up with a HA option that is close or equal to the Mesa price.
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