Originally Posted by
DownInPetaluma
I’m sure they’d love to but they want to grow the fleet and are resorting to street captains? If they were smart they’d stabilize what they have. They risk losing more FOs than captains, IMO. They have nothing to lose by defecting to another regional and would get a nice payout for doing so.
I agree! Its like they want to have their cake and eat it too. You can guarantee that lots of change is on the horizon for the United Express flying given the hiring next year, the 550s conversion idea, pending scope negotiations, and so on. I really think 2020-2021 is going to be a wild ride for the airline industry especially if the economy holds.
I think ExpressJet is experiencing what Endeavor pilots have in the past complained about. The "mothership" is making the business decisions on a day to day basis with almost zero communications on what the future holds(because they don't really know at this stage). Remember how long they were strung along about GoJets flying.