Originally Posted by
skyxbomb
That'll be the worst case scenario. I don't see any regionals that are in good financial standings that can replace a significant portion of AE's flying. Nevermind the hard time they will have trying to hire guys that will meet ATP standards by next year in order to cover the additional flying. I'm sure AA will use scare tactics as always. Man this industry is brutal and dirty and so wrong in so many ways...
They'll hire furloughed Eagle pilots. IIRC Eagle did a ton of hiring in 2010 and 2011, there are probably hundreds of pilots that don't have a lot invested at Eagle and will have no problem jumping ship.
Kind of sucks for them since they'll get rehired at year 1 probably literally flying the same aircraft and routes they were before.