Originally Posted by
spaaks
now that almost all the new flying has gone to other carriers, any ideas what skywest plans on doing? Also, that's a lot of 175 orders with no paint to put on the side
They plan and want to shrink to become a quality operator again. Chip has stated it numerous times and now MT has said it a few times also. Bigger isn't better in this case. You will see a decrease in the number of pilots over the next 3-5 years and probably end up with a number closer to 1800 by 2018