One lesson I hoped all of you at Envoy would have learned after the March 2014 disaster was that there are always pilots. ALWAYS, one way or another.

More importantly, never underestimate a Regional pilot's propensity for making lateral moves. Republic is about to become the single biggest source of pilots for all the other Regionals in 2016. Never mind places like Commutair, Silver, and even a healthy dose from Expressjet/ASA.

There are thousands of pilots flying props on the backside of the clock in the part 135 world who make the leap over to the 121 side every day. Then on top of that you have Envoy's pipeline instructor program which has over 20 Universities and counting.

Point is, the "nobody can staff it" argument needs to die a painful death.