Originally Posted by
chihuahua
Seems like it's impossible to predict what will happen over the next few months, but based on what you say, it doesn't sound like anything good. I wonder what the end game would be for AA with Envoy and PSA and all the planes they have if they keep losing people at a rate faster than they can replace them, especially the instructors and check airmen. Taking a quick glance over at the RPA page, it would appear that while they are experiencing the same issues as everyone else, it seems their retention problems don't seem to the level of seriousness you guys and others are experiencing. And they have ordered those 100 planes, for whatever contract they may be for.
Which planes would those be? There have been a few times RPA or Mesa have had “100 plane” orders that weren’t hard orders at all. Merely a “letter of intent” contingent on receiving a contract for them. SKW usually has had much smaller 20-25 orders and they say who they will be flown for. Without a contract of a carrier to fly for, those letters of intent are just smoke and mirrors.
The last planes RPA purchase for AAG flying were the six that AAG had that was the tail end of deliveries that were going to ENY. Under cover of darkness AAG let RPA purchase them instead. No announcement. It wasn’t until certain sequential N numbers didn’t show up at ENY and instead were showing up on the flight tracker coming from Brazil and owned by RPA that anything was said.