Better Health for All

Mesa Airlines' core service of air transportation is considered to have no significant direct positive or negative health impact. The company has a notable safety record, with one cabin depressurization incident reported in December 2023.

Historically, it has incurred $1,988,199 in penalties for 88 safety-related offenses since 2000. Mesa Airlines has an Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) and a Fatigue Risk Management Plan (FRMP) to identify and reduce flight safety concerns and educate flight crew on fatigue. The company provides comprehensive healthcare coverage and a 401(k) plan for its employees. While Mesa Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodation for disabilities in its application process, there is no evidence of broader health equity programs. Similarly, while 'Pilot Mental Health' is an advocacy issue for ALPA, there is no evidence of specific mental health initiatives by Mesa Airlines itself. The company does not offer health-related products or services requiring price accessibility, vulnerable reach, risk transparency, or preventative health measures for external users, nor does it engage in health data management for external health outcomes, global health crisis response, or health education.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Mesa Air Group, Inc. is a regional air carrier, and its core business does not involve lending, insuring, moving, or storing money for consumers. Therefore, all KPIs related to financial services, such as underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, data accessibility, fair lending compliance, wealth building outcome, financial literacy initiatives, debt burden ratio, geographic inclusion (financial access points), and product simplicity (financial products), are not applicable to its operations. The company does not offer consumer credit products or manage customer financial data. While Mesa Angels Foundation provides financial assistance to employees and supports charitable organizations.

this is not explicitly defined as reinvestment in community finance or profit-sharing with underserved communities as per the KPI definition. Similarly, participation in OBAP, EOE statements, and DEI ratings relate to workforce diversity and general corporate responsibility, not financial inclusion through a loan/insurance book.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

Mesa Airlines' voluntary employee turnover rate is around 30-35%. The company has faced a lawsuit alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Arizona Wage Statute, including claims of failing to pay minimum wage and withholding wages related to pilot training promissory notes.

Pilots are required to enter into a Promissory Note for mandatory training costs, with the full amount owed if they leave within one month of training completion, and a reduced amount if they leave within ten to eleven months. This indicates that 35-40% of the workforce is in non-permanent roles, with eligibility for benefits under review.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

No specific, concrete evidence was found in the provided articles regarding Mesa Air Group, Inc.'s performance on fair trade certifications, supplier audit frequency, forced or child labor incidents in its supply chain, traceability coverage, remediation speed for violations, ethical clauses in supplier contracts, materials risk index, or supplier diversity spend.

The articles primarily focus on financial performance, operational details, and internal labor relations, which fall outside the scope of Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing.

Honest & Fair Business

Mesa Air Group has not incurred any monetary regulatory fines in the past three years.

However, it received Nasdaq notices for non-compliance due to delayed filings of its 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K and its 2024 Quarterly and Annual Reports. The company has not had any financial restatements, with recent filing delays explicitly stated as not being due to restatements or auditor disagreements. The company represents compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws, including the FCPA and the UK Bribery Act 2010, but there is no information on the frequency of training or effectiveness metrics for this policy.

Kind to Animals

Mesa Air Group is a service-oriented company, and as such, many KPIs related to product manufacturing, animal testing, and animal agriculture are not applicable. The company does not have products requiring cruelty-free certification, does not conduct in-house animal testing, nor does it have animal husbandry operations or animal-derived inputs.

Mesa Airlines is listed by PETA as an airline that does not fly monkeys and other primates destined for laboratories or laboratory suppliers, indicating a strong policy against facilitating animal testing. The company allows small pets (dogs, cats, and rabbits) in the cabin for a fee, with specific age and carrier size requirements.

No War, No Weapons

Mesa Air Group, Inc. is a regional air carrier providing scheduled passenger and air freight services, operating flights as American Eagle or United Express under capacity purchase agreements.

The provided articles contain no evidence that the company is involved in arms manufacturing, military contracts, dual-use technology development, sales to embargoed regimes, or any other defense-related activities. Therefore, all KPIs are scored as N/A, indicating no involvement in the areas covered by the 'No War, No Weapons' value.

Planet-Friendly Business

Mesa Air Group has recorded 89 safety-related offenses, all being aviation safety violations, with total penalties of $1,988,199 since 2000.

The company has a stated net-zero target year of 2050, which is also a goal in Mesa's Climate Action Plan. Mesa has invested in electric aircraft companies, including Archer Aviation (February 2021) and Heart Aerospace (July 2021), with a maximum aggregate base commitment of $1.2 billion for Heart Aerospace electric aircraft and $200 million for Archer eVTOL aircraft. Mesa and United Airlines have ordered 200 zero operational emissions aircraft from Heart Aerospace, with anticipated commercial use by 2026. Mesa also has an agreement to purchase 100 TriFan 600 aircraft, capable of operating on 100% sustainable aviation fuel, contingent on FAA certification.

Safe & Smart Tech

Mesa Airlines significantly improved its phish-prone percentage (PPP) from an initial 52% to 8.6% by March 2023, following the implementation of KnowBe4 training in late 2018.

This demonstrates highly effective security awareness training. The company also uses PhishER, which automatically resolved 92 out of 507 suspicious emails in one month, saving the IT department at least 23 hours monthly. Mesa Airlines conducts annual risk assessments and engages third parties for information security maturity assessments, audits, and independent reviews. Critical vulnerabilities are patched within 7-10 days on average. The company states it is in compliance with all current directives from regulatory agencies and maintains insurance policies customary in the airline industry. While access controls are mentioned as a technical safeguard, specific details on multi-factor authentication (MFA) availability are not provided. The company's privacy policy indicates data retention for legal obligations and internal analysis, and it collects usage data and personal data for various purposes. There is no documented bug bounty program. Security testing activities include tabletop exercises, threat modeling, and vulnerability testing.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

Mesa Air participates in a corporate recycling program through the city of Phoenix.

No other specific, concrete evidence was found for the remaining KPIs related to Zero Waste & Sustainable Products for Mesa Air Group, Inc.