And it was the only one in the last decade. I almost hate to discuss it because a feeling of invulnerability based on a good track record doesn't do much to prevent future accidents. This is single pilot ops in old airplanes, plain and simple. And we need well qualified/trained pilots, with the challenge of finding them in the shortage.

I've made the same observation, Jetlife, the make up of our classes is getting older. A lot of our new hire pilots wouldn't fit the typical career builder persona of the past, ie trade low pay for experience to get you to the next level. Now we are putting new hires directly into type rated equipment (including the E120). The result, more experienced pilots who wouldn't have considered AMF under the old pay scale will now consider it given the pay and immediate opportunities.

The next step is to get them to stay around for a while, by delivering on the promise of 4 day work weeks and such.