Originally Posted by
ThreeStripe
United to Skywest: how long to spin up 30 more E175's?
Skywest to United: 90 days.
American to Envoy: how long to spin up 30 700's?
Envoy to American: as soon as you stop giving them to PSA
Delta to Express Jet......you get the idea
Perhaps I'm not following you on this - but there is no way Envoy could stand up 30 175's in 90 days. The sim capacity isn't even there. If RAH's capacity opened up it create some capacity, but even with cutbacks they still need to hire and train all they can to not lose even more capacity. Heck, Envoy's initial cadre just finished training - they aren't close to being up to speed to stand up airframes faster than planned.
I don't know about the others, but I'd guess the story is similar.