Originally Posted by
Whacker77
I stand corrected. That would put projected hiring at 80 for the second half of the year.
Consider this. In November 2011, Eagle and XJet were projecting 600 new hires for a combined total of 1200.
Fast forward to April of 2012 and Eagle, rather than hiring 600, has furloughed 70 and XJet has plans to hire a total of 250 or so.
Rather than adding 1200, the two look to be adding just 180 to 200. I might be wrong, but 2012 has the feel of what happened in 2008.
Don't forget the mess at Colgan, etc. I could have told you the Eagle estimates were BS by Oct of last year with all the grumbling of bankruptcy at AMR. Not that that makes it any better.
Here at Expressjet I have many more people underneath me but have not moved up significantly since I came on line. All that means is I fly less and make less money.