Mesa Builds E175 Management Team

Mesa Airlines moved to position itself to add 30 new Embraer E175s over the next year into United Express service with some key management changes announced in late January.

Mesa has chosen senior vice president of flight operations Mike Ferverda to lead the E175 induction. Ferverda joined Mesa Airlines in 1990 as a first officer in the Beechcraft 1300 and has served as captain, flight instructor/check airman, assistant chief pilot, FAA designated examiner, FAA director of operations, divisional vice president and senior vice president of Mesa’s China joint venture. Plans call for other senior managers to join Ferverda to work exclusively on the E175 project.