Originally Posted by
speedbrakearmed
I understand that there are 600 pilots on reserve, likewise, there are 1700 people on the line. Thats the great thing about "The Envoy" has you so eloquently put it is that every month you move up a minimum of 20 spots. Reserve times are short especially compared to other regionals, movement is fast, I'm not saying reserve is perfect, but show me another company that has a better combination. Yes RAH, SKW, may have better QOL (again depending on base/AC) but if you think reserve times here are lengthy, look at what you have there, due to the lack of flow theres reduced movement meaning more time on reserve. I'm not trying to be a cheerleader for any group, but this notion that this place is doom and gloom is beyond ridiculous by a huge margin.
Actually, there are less than 1300 line holders, if you care to actually count the hard lines or look to see how many are below 75 hours. That means the ratio of lineholder to reserve is 2:1.
Movement is based off of two things, growth and attrition. Growth is pretty much over everywhere as all scope clauses are maxed out. If there is any growth, it is because one regional took flying from another regional. For attrition, there really isn't much of a difference between Envoy and everywhere else. We lose about the same ratio of pilots as every other regional. The difference is we know Envoy loses them at the top to AA, whereas other places lose pilots more in the middle of the list to a wide variety of places.
I wouldn't count on those places keeping longer reserve times than Envoy. RAH overhired as they were banking on growth that never came their way. Those places also haven't faced as much attrition as normal partly due to places like Southwest not hiring because of the 737 Max situation. However, those companies don't keep a reserve pool bigger than the pilot group of Air Wisconsin like Envoy does.