Originally Posted by
Irishblackbird
My question as to AirWis new contract with United pertains more to how American will reassign flying to its wholly-owneds and code-share partners. Will PSA, Piedmont, and Envoy absorb that lift? Or will it be distributed to other code-shares? With recruiting, staffing, and attrition issue's will this be a hit to American's feed? Will the WO's need to aquire additional airframes?
PSA added 54 brand new CRJ 900's in the last 2 years, and Envoy is in the process of adding 40+ 175's. That is a lot of additional lift that has already been added, and is continuing to be added.
The future will depend on who can hire pilots. Right now, I think all 3 of the WO are doing well filling classes. Envoy will be able to take even more flying once they start sending additional 700's to PSA and 145's to PDT. That will hopefully mean more 175's for Envoy.