Originally Posted by
eaglefly
Envoy has somthing like 2000 pilots now. According to the cheerleader, they will announce shortly that they will keep more aircraft longer. That means they will have to start hiring like gangbusters @ 40-50 per month. If they can't do that, this whole plan melts like ice cream on a hot sidewalk. Once that reality becomes obvious, I can see this plan in place for a few months for PSA to catch up on their training, but not longer.
By late this year, Envoy will likely be in the same place PSA is now and will need to either park aircraft or re-shift it elsewhere. I think he knows this and is busting his hump for the executives and himself to net as many unsuspecting fish as possible.
Oh no, there's plenty they still do completely wrong. The current reserve mess being a prime example. However, when you come on here and hear how great xyz regional is, or how bad abc regional is, people need a fact check. They ALL are crappy. Some are better in one area and worse in another; but they are all equally horrible to work at. So, the object for most is to work there as short a time as possible and move up. The job also needs to be protected for those that, due to the lost decade, have to finish their careers at a regional. Unless you're a former NASA space technician, the flow at PDT and ENY is the best flow in the industry and under their plan would have you at AA in under 6 years. I'm not saying the place is great; far from it. What I'm saying is if your goal is to get to a major, the best flow in the regional industry is at ENY & PDT and is a nice insurance policy to have in your back pocket while you apply everywhere else to go through the front door. ENY also currently has the best commuter and hotels policy in the industry as well.