Originally Posted by
Cujo665
Envoy will be here long after many others have failed, only to have their pilots recycled at the surviving carriers. Sorry to burst your bubble; but it's the Silvers, Mesa's, TSA's, and Gojets of the world that will become staffing fodder. Look at CommutAir, down to properly staffing just 13 planes. The smart ones will make the move to a WO before the consolidations ever even begin. The two best currently are PDT and ENY
Sure, Envoy may very well be around, but WHAT "Envoy" is at some point in the future and what OTHER airlines are part of it (or Envoy becomes part of) is a wildcard. You forget that many of the other "staffing fodder" carriers that you claim will fuel the future Envoy fly for Delta and United, yes ?
Do you think they will stand idly by while their core business is gutted by the raiding of their feed ?
Your high, my friend, quite high.
Originally Posted by
Cujo665
The regional industry will continue shrinking. To avoid being recycled, a pilot needs to pick carefully. It's much easier to hunt for a mainline career when you aren't contstantly having to worry about yours going out of business or being bought as staffing fodder. Envoy is the smart move right now; they'll be getting in ahead of the rush.
Of course it will shrink, but only someone delusional would think THEIR regional will suck most of the other pilots up like a black hole using a scheme that could be nullified within weeks by proper response from the two entities that would have the most to lose and YOU KNOW (or should) that making a rash move to Envoy now over the latest carrot claimed to be juicy and delicious would be a foolish move. At least OTHER pilots should consider that, in my opinion.
I know misery loves company, but just because a large percentage of the current crop of Envoy pilots have a history of being duped (by their union as well), doesn't mean it's admirable to lure in even more gullible chumps.