Originally Posted by
CaptJackSparrow
I would be more willing to believe that if they had been offering more 175 captain spots and stocking up on that side but they aren’t. Plus we are supposed to lose the CRJs, slowly albeit but that still frees up some pilots. And wasn’t this summer supposed to be a disaster? I never saw any staffing crunch. Not even close. Again, it just doesn’t add up for me. I think there’s something in the pipeline coming this way.
Envoy told the mothership in May that we couldn't crew the elevated level of flying for the summer (remember when they were threatening to cancel captains vacations) and then the situation worked itself out. The 145 staffing has stabalized. Look at ORD and the increase in lines and value. Skywest pulling the 200's out to go back to ASA who will fly them for UA has created more opportunities for flying.