Not sure if I would call Piedmont stable. During peak covid in 2020 there were serious talks about Piedmont closing up shop and going by the way side just like TSA, Compass, and xjet did.

PDT was able to avoid furloughs and limp along by kicking the can down the road through some creative financing and cost saving strategies. However, have things really improved since 2020? If anything, you can argue that it’s worse overall now for the whole airline.

Covid in a way kind of saved Piedmont, or at least extended its life a bit. But “normal” times are slowly returning. Attrition is only picking up, PDT has told AA that it can’t accept the flying AA wants it to do simply because of staffing. New hires are not exactly lining up out the door to work at PDT…for obvious QOL reasons. Piedmont stable? I would not bet on that.