Originally Posted by
Slats
You seem to forget that the 200s will slowly go away. The 175's are what mainline wants, not 50seat weight restricted RJs. As 200's go away, those pilots will simply transfer to the 175 or MRJ when the time comes.
The amount of money that XJT loses on a daily bases, I find it very hard to believe that you'll get new airframes unless you all turn it around quick. The last quarterly call didn't seem too promising...
As for staffing, so far so good. Classes have been in 30-40 range. How long that will last is anyone's guess.
Who cares! We know the 200s are going away and we sealed the deal with NO! There are so many people in this place so sick of mis-management in this place they will not be willing to jumpship to skywest. They are already exploring options for less pay, more QoL. A lot are looking foreign, cargo, back to flight instructing, or majors. I for one will NOT be taking any paycut to put up with this pie-hole.
So if we don't get 175s, screw em! Try to staff those 400 shiny RJs with little transfer from XJT.
I'm tired of doing other people's job.