Originally Posted by
FirstClass
My advice to you is to listen to eaglefly's very rational advice. To me, the puzzle is so simple, they are not going to destroy their own feed by draining their own wholly owned airlines of all their pilots. The flow works in AA's best interest right now because they need to shrink Envoy to 45 airplanes (today's number which can change). Once they are shrunk to whatever size they deem appropriate, thats the end of the flow.
You're the CEO of an airline in need of pilots over the next decade. Which regional airlines are you going to attempt to drain of their pilots? Yours or someone elses?
I also find it hard to believe that United, Delta, FedEx, UPS, Southwest Airlines, Hawaiian Air and others will not be fighting for whatever pool of regional/corporate pilots are out there in the next 10, 15 years. American is great, but it's not the only one. In fact, I am finding out that even Emirates/Qatar/Etihad are looking into the U.S. market for qualified pilots who wouldn't mind moving abroad.
There will be thousands of retirements out there in the next few years and Envoy will not be the only one supplying American or others with the necessary pilots.