Originally Posted by
chignutsak
Shrinkage is inevitable. I fully expect the CRJs to be moved in retribution, no matter how much it costs. Bottom 600 or so at risk, IMO.
Not a chance that the bottom 600 are at risk. Reasons why:
1) They wouldn't do it all at once. It would be something like 2-3 airplanes a month transferred. We currently have 47 CRJ7s. 47/3= about 15 months at the earliest. They haven't even announced yet when they planned to do this.
2) AE is losing 50+ pilots a month. 20-25 are leaving a month due to flow to AA. Another 25+ are leaving a month due to retirements, leaving for majors, leaving the industry, etc. 50+ pilots a month multiplied by 12 months = 600+ pilots leaving per year.
3) They would most likely want to place these airplanes at the backstabbing airline known as PSA. PSA is at maximum hiring capacity and will likely be so for the next year or so.