Originally Posted by
Ravenwing
I found an announcement on the Envoy site in January that we are adding 19 planes this year. Then I went to planespotters.net and counted 39 E170s and E175s added to the Envoy certificate in 2024. Some are still in maintenance and haven't made it to the line. I think we're ahead of all the announcements so it's impossible to guess how many more we might get this year. I don't know how many crews per plane they plan.
Last email in March said we had received 7 with 22 more to come (29 total). But who knows? Supposedly another 12 as well in 2025. Maybe some of those got bumped up.
Another rumor floating around is Embraer wants to delivery future factory new 175s with the latest FMS software. Good thing is that would force Envoy to upgrade the entire fleet. And that's the downside- having to flip the switch on the rest of the fleet in a timely matter.
Originally Posted by
tallpilot
The next big question mark is where all the 175s are going to end up. There is already a large scope clause violation penalty coming.
Many speculated that Piedmont would be getting the bulk, if not all, of the recent AA Embraer orders (90) to replace their 145s. But with AA freezing hiring and that trickling down to the WOs is showing. Piedmont has supposedly rescinded CJOs indefinitely, Envoy has slowed hiring way back.....
One way around the scope clause would be to merge the WO into AA. But yeah, THAT long standing rumor.......