Originally Posted by
chrisreedrules
I don't know the exact remaining number of 900s to be delivered but maybe 6 or 7? We are being told that the remaining Envoy 700s are being deferred until January 2017. However, unless they start doing something in the next few months to really start getting people to want to come here again then we won't be able to staff them and my guess is they will go somewhere else like AWAC, SkyWest, or Mesa. I've been told that they plan on announcing ORD sometime soon as a recruiting tool to get more commuters interested in this place. But ORD is sort of predicated on our being able to staff and grow AND receive the remaining Envoy 700s that AAG wants transferred. So the company may be playing with fire on that one.
The company knows how to staff, they're just dragging their feet hoping that, somehow, they won't have to pay what it's going to take to staff.
And yeah, a better base will help; just look at Mesa and their ability to get people to show up. Although that could be coming to a close.