Originally Posted by
sweptback
SkyWest, Inc. said in their last investor call that they found flying for 7 of the 20 ASA airplanes. It was inferred that the flying was to be with ASA but they didn't explicitly say that.
That was explicitly NOT the impression that I got from that investor call. It was NEVER stated that the planes would be flown at all by ASA pilots. I got the impression that they were sold, possibly to a foreign carrier. All that was said was they found a place to send 7 or 8 of those planes.
There is NO airline on this planet that will take on more 50's, especially a small fleet of 12 or so planes.
Those planes are goners, and come next summer, unless there is attrition or a large increase in block hours for the remaining 50's, or more 900's, look for another 100 pilots to hit the street.