Originally Posted by
The Chow
I know AMR will distribute flying to Skywest and Republic as soon as they can, but foes anyone have avoid grasp on their contracts? I'm wondering how much Skywest/Express Jet or Republic pilots get paid. I was under the impression that Skywest has their fair share of senior pilots who get paid as well as the other regionals.
TC
Its all to be seen. My take is AMR has about 300 280 planes at the RJ level, and wants a 25% increase. Sounds like Skywest wants some, but how much are they willing to take on, everyone is worried about recruiting, and how much will they be charging. I could see Eagle only slightly smaller and having most the large RJs and having the 50 seat flying mostly bid out. Due to attrition we could end up not even furloughing in the end, and hiring instead. The next few years are uncharted waters with the FTDT and 1500 rule, along with some insane retirement numbers at mainline.