Heres the deal... yes atr is getting retired but not for a while, the dat floats but here until 07. The hiring 16-20 is just info that people post on here not actually from the company. Class just cancelled but as one person noted, they are trying to fill the pool which would imply a hiring wave coming. So why all the furlough talk? Because the 90 seater scheduled for asa was given to skywest. one person noted that asa was not losing any existing aircraft to skywest. That is incorrect. there are currently 11 700's in SLC and skywest is going to take those aircraft over as of oct 1. so there is a reduction in fleet. all slc pilots are being moved to atl. yep, that sucks. this is all contract positioning by the company and union, but I can address that in another thread. right now the better place to get on a seniority list is skywest, ASA is stagnant for the time being. I'm extremely senior (312 out of 1,800 pilots) and I've got resume's out everywhere.