Agreed that hiring is their problem to fix and a nice analogy that paints a rosy picture of the last 5 years. As we both know, it hasn't been all that rosy for the pilots that remain at Envoy.

Although hiring is their problem to fix, you do understand that you eventually need replacements for the guys flowing right? Over the past year and a half it has been a non issue as Envoy as shrunk.

At this point, Envoy has stopped shrinking, at least temporarily. It may become permanent though as the other AAG wholly owneds are experiencing the same problem as Envoy. They can't find enough new hires. Tack on RAH's crummy on time record and inability to complete their flying, it does appear that AAG wants to shift some of that 175 flying to Envoy. If this does indeed end up being the case, then it's as I've been saying these past few weeks. By the end of this year, Envoy will find itself in a critical position in regards to staffing.

I'm going to go ahead right now and guarantee you that Parker/AAG are absolutely not going to let any Envoy aircraft sit idle as pilots exit Envoy to AA. They will either flat out claim operational necessity and violate the flow agreement or they will reach some kind of deal with the union that maybe offers a few more bucks but cuts off the flow for an indeterminate period as operational necessity dictates.

Sure, you will cry that it will halt recruiting efforts and no one will come to Envoy. However it appears that's already happened. The few remaining qualified pilots willing to sell their soul to Envoy have all but disappeared. At your seniority, being outside the 824, I would gear up for a longer stint at Envoy than originally planned.