Originally Posted by
Reservist
Better news than no news.
The letter was total BS, this has nothing much to do with Envoys staffing and everything to do with PSAs staffing. Envoy has had the pilots to keep the CRJs the whole time, management has been actively engaged in making things as miserable as possible which was generally diving attrition.
This doesn't solve our attrition, but the fact is most all of the lateral jumpers are gone, current attrition is flow, LCCs, and major street hiring. You could see another jump in attrition with the rate united and delta are hiring ,the astronauts are almost gone, so were gonna see a higher percentage of regional guys getting the nod.
Also keep in mind. This is now the second delay in the transfer of aircraft to PSA in the last year. All we know is they won't get them faster than is currently planned, there's nothing to prevent them from slowing the pace even further if things aren't working out.
I'll bet they have considered siphoning some of RAH's 175's to Envoy, but logistics at Envoy have prevented them from doing that. Proving runs will come soon and the original schedule seems likely, but perhaps some of those RAH birds could ultimately move there which means Envoy gets more 175's sooner and perhaps more 175's overall. Even then, it's not a bombshell that will keep an Envoy pilot from Spirit, Jet Blue or Legacies, nor start the stampede to Envoy. Of all things, Envoy needs a 50 pilot/month stampede which equates to perhaps 100 interviews/month considering Envoy's supposed selectivity. I've ridden jumpseat on Shuttle several times and their pilots aren't even phased by 170/175's anymore. Its glamour wears off quickly and they are all clamoring to bail as much as anyone, believe me.
I simply have a tough time seeing masonbirds claims of Envotopia unless Envoy does 75-100 interviews/month and hires at least 45-50 and without that, the best laid plans of mice, men and masons will almost certainly fail to materialize.