It might be a little smaller possibly, but I think Parker has finally figured out that new hires will come Envoy in droves for a 5-6 year flow. He can keep wages lower than other regionals because new pilots will be attracted to this pipeline to AA without interviewing. Senior expensive pilots flow and are replaced by cheap 2 year captains. Plus Envoy benefits are the same as AA and that could offset some unhappiness for waiting 6 years to flow. Quick upgrades will be nice too. I don't see a shortage for Envoy, even when they start growing by taking back flying from the regionals that can't staff. Let's face it, morale and attrition rates at most regionals will be a problem. I see Envoy and Piedmont poaching hundreds of pilots from other carriers. And I don't see many leaving Envoy for Spirit, Frontier or Virgin etc due to the career earnings and retirements at AA. Not everyone wants to work for American due to whatever, but most will be willing to hang around a little longer (passing up Spirit and LCCs) to get to AA.