Originally Posted by
AboveMins
No, what is killing ExpressJet is SkyWest, Inc. Seniority movement, number-wise is there. I move up between 20 and 50 numbers per month. In the past 2 years, I've seen our IAH domicile lose about 100 lines, and aircraft leave to Transtates and Commutair. From what I've been told, we didn't even bother to attempt to renegotiate our DEN flying.
What is your seniority? Upgrade time is still stratospheric. There is little to no significant seniority movement, i.e. of the type that really matters (not FOs jumping ship, especially new hires).
If you can't staff, the only thing left to do is shrink the fleet to right size to what you can staff. What's the point in trying to renegotiate contracts if you can't fly the airplanes. Heck, I'm sure UA, DL and AA are looking carefully into the different regional's ability to staff prior to signing contracts.