Originally Posted by
billyho
Has nothing to do with SJS. It's being realistic! The 145's they are getting have a life span that isn't that long. Plus who wants 50 seat Jets? Plus Shortage of pilots = larger planes. They could just reduce Contract carrier flying to bring more flying in house. Is that a bad thing? It is if you're a contract pilot.
A large chunk of the E145 leases extend into the 2020's. Apart from that even the low 600 tail numbers still have a couple of years left before they start to approach cycle limits. It's likely both PDT and Envoy will have E145 fleets in some form for quite some time.