Originally Posted by
eaglefly
If only there were pilots out there to feed such a plan. It will require well over 400 pilots/year and not just this or next year, but 6 or more for poor F/O Bucket to beam glowingly in AA new-hire Indoc.
The present feeble new-hire numbers won't feed that engine and thus Envoy breaks down and coasts to the shoulder awaiting a tow truck, unless Envoy's drivers can successfully siphon someone else's gas (poaching) or a merger/acquisition occurs.
If AA gets desparate for new hires at their regionals, they can always give out seniority numbers. I bet that would help them staff it. And it wouldn't cost them a dime. Other regionals would be toast.