Originally Posted by
ag386
Only a total doofus, goon or both could turn this statement of fact thread into a cheering competition for Envoy. Or maybe.....a management plant or company stooge perhaps. The talk of Envoy being so above all other regionals has just been revoked. They close bases just like all other dirtbag regional operators. Heck, Envoy IS a dirtbag operation.
It's a fact. Envoy has closed 6 of their 8 bases. I'm not exactly sure of the year that BOS closed, but it was 2008 or after. Doesn't matter. Envoy has closed 75% of their bases in the past 6-7 years. Keep funneling that kool aid company boys!
Another angry, bitter Envoy hater.
It's important to note though that the fact Envoy has morphed into a two-base carrier doesn't necessarily mean it will go to one base or disappear, so that's not a good litmus of its future per se. But yes, your claims are technically correct about Envoy's recent stability. It is indeed among the poorest out there. Clearly, many pilots there are in denial about Envoy's situation and so the usual way to avoid confronting that is to rationalize its past with belief in a better future. Part of that is attacking those that confront that which they themselves have avoided via denial. They cannot refute your examples, so all that's left is irrelevant attack. The fact is the flow-thru's are only assumed projections and that includes Envoy ALPA's latest assessment, which is founded on the most optimistic, best-case scenarios.
The good news for any present or aspiring regional pilot, including Envoy is that there is virtually no situation that will result in unemployment. Even if Envoy was "Comaired", virtually every Envoy pilot would spend little time not employed due to the increasing, but not yet peaked regional airline pilot crisis. The not-so-good news is that any individual pilots actual journey to AA via the flow is an unknown and subject to many delay potholes. The remainder of the 824 have the best outlook as clearly there is a reason they are sucking more Envoy pilots to AA then are being replaced. That cannot continue into perpetuity and once the last of the 824 are gone, a past statement from Parker is apt to make a reappearance and that's, "the landscape has changed"................................again.
