It's comforting to know that there are those out there that are perfectly fine with the company making up their own interpretations.

Metering now because operations will be disrupted in the future? Puhleeze.

As I've said before, if they are metering NOW while there is an overstaffing situation with low time lines and an exceptionally large percentage of the pilot group on reserve, what is to say that they don't reduce the flow to just a few bodies per month in the future?

Imagine a world in the near future when attrition has finally caught up with what Envoy management wants as a pilot staffing number. If Envoy needs every single body on the list to fly its schedule, perhaps this summer, are they going to start cancelling flights to honor this flow? Absolutely not. They will do what they need to in order to keep the planes flying and tell the union to grieve it.

Then you have another 824 scenario in which the union grieves the flow not being honored which will take many years to iron out. Firstly, it will take the union WAY TOO LONG to even get started with this grievance. In my opinion, they should start the grievance NOW as it will take years to get a resolution. The Envoy ALPA union will likely follow the path of their predecessors in first, trying to work with the company. When they figure out that the company isn't going to work with them, they will then make a bunch of noise and put out a bunch of ALPA blasts for months on end. Then and only then will they consider even discussing possibly filing a grievance. From there, it will take months and months of MEC meetings in executive session as the company goes hot and cold playing them to delay this grievance. Yet again. Yes, history does repeat itself.

Skyvector, CUJ and AMF and the others in this crowd. Will your tone change when YOU are stuck at Envoy getting beat down with junior man trips and min days off when staffing gets critical? Or will you continue to suit up, put on your choir robe and file into the choir loft in corporate HQ in Irving to sing the company praises day after day? Let me guess, today you guys are singing the oldie but goodie; "Great is Envoy's Faithfulness To Me."

Don't think it will happen? Look only as far as what is happening today. Metering with an OVERSTAFFED situation.

The company has proved beyond all reasonable measurables that they are absolutely not going to honor this flow. It's time to educate new hires to avoid this place as that.....coupled with boots walking out the door are the only items that the Envoy pilot group has in their arsenal to get the attention of the company.