Originally Posted by
Cessna182TypeR
Where do you think all those lifers on the 175 will be going? IAH and ORD. Better hope for an upgrade in DEN. That severely limits a lot of us on the East coast.
You seem to oversimplify the severity of losing these 175’s and the subsequent base closures. To me, a Commutair merge is about the only thing left to do.
Sorting through all the ripples will take a year plus alone. Many junior reserves FO’s on the 175 have barely flown since they’ve been on deep reserve. By the time they go back to training and get through that it’s almost a year with very little flying and nothing to really show for it.
United and ExpressJet need to secure their feed and come up with something more material than they currently have.
you just made me shiver a little thinking about the back flow of captains on the 175 that will have to hit the system again. I hope those planes come. I don’t want to be downgraded out of the left seat