Originally Posted by Free Flyer

Unfortunately, they cancelled all of those new hire 145 classes in February. I was looking forward to having some new hires to work with, but such wasn't the case. Chautauqua cancelled the classes due to the fact that they're reducing the number of 145's we have because Delta is drastically reducing our flying out of MCO & FLL and giving it to Mesa because they're cheaper.

Also, on a side note, Chautauqua won't be doing any Emb-190 flying like they had hoped for Airways and others. They're simply too expensive on the pilot's payscale. If you don't believe me, look at what mainline Airways & JetBlue will fly it for, and then compare it to Chautauqua's payscale on the 190.

I seriously believe that this coming year will be a trial as negotiations are due to start in November. I think that it's going to end up being one of those things where Chautauqua's payscale is like the old Comair, too expensive and so they'll be losing out on flying, hence my departure and other's like myself.