This is what the NY captain LEC rep is saying. These postings are on ****************.

"The APA remains very interested in operating the E175 as a mainline aircraft. Helping their regional brothers (us) fill those seats at the mainline is part of that objective. They issued a recent press release a few weeks back saying as much."

"There have been a lot of discussions. Some of them have included the various processes that could be used to move the planes and the pilots over.
That said, they don't want 2700 new members who roll over on command for the company. They want pilots, who understand the value of the skilled professional services they provide, and are not willing to prostitute themselves because somebody "may" do it cheaper.

The reality is that very soon every legacy and box hauler will begin hiring in earnest. There will be no shortage of GOOD pilot jobs with career advancement without the need to wait for a 6 year flow-thru program. Regionals will shrink, but it won't be furloughs, just attrition as everybody who wants to go to the next level leaves. That is managements problem to deal with, not ours.

There is NO pilot shortage; only a shortage of pilots willing to work for poverty wages and crappy work rules."