Originally Posted by
eaglefly
Sorry to hear this. If the future only involves 40 175's, which seems too small for one carrier unless it only serves one hub, then about 400 pilots would be needed and I assume several hundred lifers are still there with 5-15 years to go till 65. Of course, filling the F/O seats might be tough, if the lifers logjam the upgrades.
I think it will take them several years to whittle Envoy down to 40 aircraft.
Not when you can give out 145s like hot cakes. 15 to TSA, 15 to ExpressJet and 20 to Peidmont in about a year? The rest of the 145s could be done easily. The "let's see them staff it" paradigm has been proven false. And once down to 40 175s, with 2 other carriers (Compass and RAH) who can easily do 175 flying, it should be slick-as-snot to move those aircraft out. Compass is already flying 20 AAG-owned planes.