Originally Posted by
Romulus
Because he's talked to dozens of Envoy pilots who aren't happy?
Nice propaganda, but words have meaning and results count.
When Envoy stops screwing their own pilots, stops giving them crappy schedules and quits threatening to shut them down unless they give more concessions, then maybe, and only then, can the idea that Envoy pilots have a future be believed.
I don't know what "propaganda" you are talking about, but Envoy has 28 new hires this month. Do you think that those new hires would be coming here if everything was as bad as the picture you paint? No.
They are coming here because they realize Envoy has turned the corner and is the only place to go if you want a guaranteed mainline job in 6 years.
You could go to a Mesa, TSA, Gojets or wherever and get that quick upgrade, get your 1000 PIC and sit there for 10 years before even an LCC
might call you. I've got news for you. Envoy's upgrade is projected at about 2.5 years for someone hired today. So, I don't know how
quick that upgrade at another bottom of the barrel company is really that much
quicker than if you came to Envoy. Then, instead of waiting around 10 years to get hired at
maybe an LCC, you go straight to the largest major airline in the world in 6 years. I don't know how you think you can beat that.
You may have heard but Republic is having trouble meeting their AA flight schedule. We are expecting some of their 175's to come here. Envoy continues to add to projected fleet count. Right now, we are at 155 aircraft by years end. That's about 15 above where we were projected to be by year end 2016. Not if, but when some of Republic's aircraft start showing up here, you'll see that fleet count continue to rise. With the 175 options out there, I wouldn't be surprised to see Envoy's fleet count get near 200 again at some point. It's obvious PSA isn't able to staff our CRJ's so I would expect those to continue being deferred indefinitely. Right now, they are deferred through the end of the year but unless PSA starts getting big numbers through the door, they aren't going anywhere.
All this means is many more Captain slots here at Envoy further dropping the upgrade time. And the flow continues unabated. We've already been notified that the flow isn't going to stop as Letter T pilots return to AA. Even flowing a few less this year and then getting back up to full speed next year still gets a new hire over to AA in six years.
You really need to evaluate what you post when you don't have facts.