Apparently that's all over and it's a good time to be an Envoy pilot (at least according to one). According to that "one", by the end of next weekend, Envoy is expected to announce the slowed transfer of the CRJ's to PSA which MAY be true, but more significant that as a result, Envoy will remain a 200 aircraft airline about the same size as now for the forseeable future, so the contraction to 100-110 airframes has supposedly been cancelled which is the only way the next claim could occur. That next claim is the net result of about 270 upgrades in the next 6 months and a smooth running split-spool axial flow, flow-through operating at RTO thrust for the forseeable future and 600 pilots hired annually (on a side note, Envoy claimed they planned to hire 600 pilots in 2014 or was it 2013 ?, but only hired about 106 that year, last I heard). Supposedly, one could expect that means today's reserve F/O's will be line holding captains within one to two years and at AA in perhaps 4. At least that is what is being represented here by one. It's the only certainty that seems to be floating around right now.

Of course I and a few others have a different OPINION on the validity of that all but certain claim and personally, I feel it's a disservice to represent that as fact, when it is not. No one knows what AAG's true plan with Envoy is and that plan may not be something Envoy management wants or is even aware of themselves. Their job is to just keep the Envoy feed footprint going as best they can. Stay tuned over the next 6 months to see if all these predictions really are certainties or just desires.