Originally Posted by
sandrich
No. Rumor is that Billings will be expanding. If not, for each saab that comes online, they need 11 pilots in Fl. So new hires go up north to fill the void.
Currently Skywest and Silver have bids for EAS via Butte, MT. Skywest would like to have Direct to Salt Lake City and Silver would like to have Butte to Billings. Skywest came in cheaper per the article, but Billings would provide customers direct flights to DEN, SLC, LAS, LAX, MSP, SEA, OAK, and AZA (plus all the current Silver destinations in the state). The article was in our paper, for those who question it....
EAS expected to service Butte airport by Feb. 10