Originally Posted by
PilotJ3
I don't see ORD opening for PSA. To me AAG wants to keep Envoy/Mesa in the midwest, PSA/PDT East coast, Compass/Skywest in the west.
Miami is a different story, I think AAG wants and need 175 down in FL. So I expect to envoy (MAYBEEEEEEEEEE, a big maybe) to open a MIA base. If not they will continue to use crews around the sistem.
Envoy used to have a lot of bases, but we were a 3,200 pilot company. Now below 2,000 I dont think that any WO company could have more than 3 bases and be able to focus on all of them.
Also, ORD is a hard commute, doesn't matter where you live. It would be easier in term of legs, but not in terms of getting a seat to work, specially in high season.
ORD will go to whomever gets the Envoy 700s... If PSA can staff and AAG continues the transfer of them to us, then we will open ORD. If someone else like SkyWest or Air Wisconsin get them, well you see where I'm going with this. Either way, I think Envoy's 700s aren't going to be flown by Envoy pilots and ORD as an Envoy base is in question over the next couple years. I could see them reshuffling flying and reopening MIA though. Now that would make sense.
As far as FOs jumping ship to CA positions at Envoy, if I had my 1,000 121 SIC and was here at PSA less than 1.5 or maybe 2 years I'd definitely give it a shot. What would you have to lose? You would probably flow quicker if that was your goal, and you would be earning TPIC. Not the golden egg it once seemed to be, but very valuable nonetheless.