Yeah I'm fairly new at Expressjet (ERJ side obviously). My only real fear at this point is that ASA loses some more flying and a few hundred of their guys opt to come over to this side. Don't get me wrong I wish only the best for our brothers but the idea of having a ton of guys start underneath me who will all the sudden jump me in seniority a year or two down the road is unappealing to say the least. I'm not saying its unfair - we are one company and they were here first. But, I'm poised to move up rapidly in seniority this year with our hiring spurt and from a self-interest perspective it would suck to know that some huge chunk of them will jump ahead of me one day. In fact, part of the reason i dropped a higher paying gig and took on a commute was because I it looked like things were moving fast here. Anyway, can't worry about it now, and frankly I think if ASA was going to furlough they would have done it already with flying likely to pick up in the spring and summer. But... Who knows?

Anyway I really hope for everyone's good that the CRJ side can find a way to expand with a decent contract from someone in the near future and everyone will be happy .