Originally Posted by
G-Dog
I did a little research and came up with about 42 more aircraft by the end of the 1Q in 2009. All will be 175s. This includes the most recent annoucement with Delta and Untied. I would say 5 CA per plane is a good number, that would make for 210 new CA based on new growth. Forget about attrition. That is a whole other animal. Try at least 18 months of attrition at the rate of 20 per month. That is a healthy 360 pilots going bye-bye.
One other note, this includes the reduction of the 135 that is slated to start next Sept.
Where can RAH grow? Try Frontier and CAL.
Thanks for the info, looks like RAH will have a good amount of expansion in the next few years at least. Will the growth with Frontier continue after Lynx is up and running? It does seem like CAL is trying to outsource more flying to companies, so i expect to see a little more opportunity for that. RAH and AE are both relatively good regionals, and it is definitely a tough choice between the two.