Message from our Union this morning regarding schedules:

Improving Schedules
On the mind of many pilots is “This temporarily addresses the pay problems and may attract more new hires, but what about the quality of life for the rest of us here at Envoy?”. It is no secret that our schedules have been affected negatively by the re-distribution of flying around the AAG FFD system. We have been talking about “seeking improvements” for nearly two years. However, recent changes at AA are actually showing that tangible gains might finally be coming, as Scheduling Chairman Jeff Cortez mentioned in his October schedules briefing – “those now in charge seem immediately more receptive to ENY’s input.” AAG has committed to network changes in the way metal is assigned to routes that will likely bring relief to our schedules. Our Scheduling Committee is cautiously optimistic that those improvements may actually begin happening; with most becoming visible around the end of the year. They will continue to work hard to make that happen.

Furthermore, looming closely on the horizon is the return of the Embraer 145s from ExpressJet. We do not yet know how many of those aircraft are returning to Envoy, or how many will be moving to Piedmont. We do know that any additional airplane will likely come with some of the midday flying we have been missing so dearly.