SHARP PENCIL
An aggressive competitor with a sharp pencil on the bottom line, Mesa founder Larry Risley, a former A&P mechanic, launched an expansion program ranging from the West Coast to the East Coast and from Arizona to New England. Today Mesa calls itself the nation's number one independent regional airline...
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