Originally Posted by
word302
The problem is it will not need to be replaced all at once. It will be a slow bleed as guys jump ship. Unfortunately would not be that hard to replace. SKW has grown by 500 pilots in the last 18 months. While getting the jets at SKW does nothing but benefit me, I hope for you guys that's not the way it goes down.
Given the timing of parking the first 15 Q's (which isn't until early 2017), and the jet flying supposedly being announced some time in Q1 of 2016, Alaska would have to keep the current QX fleet and schedule staffed for almost a year (including the summer and holiday flying), with zero new hires, probably 50% of their pilots jumping ship, and most of the remaining pilots being ****ed off at management and refusing to help cover the shortfall by picking any extra flying up.
I don't have an MBA, but I'm guessing that an airline having months of cancelled flights because their regional feed completely collapsed probably doesn't do good things for the stock price.