I think there is one of the latter posting in this thread a few posts above. 😉

No-one is hungry to take anyones flying at this time. Apart from a few vocal jackasses, the Compass announcement was sad news for all of us.

But just FYI, the cost of equipping planes for EOW is effectively 0. Envoy has the equipment, and manuals ready to go. Paying crews to go jump in a pool is a trivial cost.

pool is only required for raft training, I believe. It is also my understanding that Republic doesn't have rafts

It makes sense for YX to leave MIA and take all of LGA. It gives them a consolidated presence in the Northeast and makes pairings more efficient. Moving MQ out of LGA to MIA does the same thing. Consolidate 145 flying, open the 175 base to supplement AA on the thin routes and see additional scheduling efficiencies.

All bets are off with how COVID has wreaked havoc on the airlines. AAG will do what they need to make things as cost neutral as possible. Additionally, MQ doesn’t need rafts on the airplanes, only life jackets. 8,000 of them would be sufficient for the fleet, and with all of the 757’s and 767’s that have been parked, I’d be willing to bet there are a lot of them laying around. No trip to the pool is necessary, just a change to the Ops Specs, a CBT or two to the pilots (unpaid as usual because Envoy is kind like that), and it would be done.

I am not thirsty” for flying, but given the option between third party contractors and the wholly-owned carriers, I’d much rather see every drop of flying be done by Envoy, PSA, and Piedmont. Since that isn’t realistic, I would take as many efficiencies to the operation that improve things for all involved.

Me!? Not at all, I don’t even park over the B gates. It just gets old to see HI6s like this, “expect scrutiny” , if you ask for additional fuel I’ll have a meeting with you and the CP. Former Crj drivers recall this one.

That guy got removed from his job real quick.

And if our pilots and other employees would do the right thing, maybe they wouldn't need to send those HI6s.

Don’t you think it should be personally addressed to the pilot, and not in a company wide email? And, for the record, he ONLY got removed because the FAA got involved. If it was for the company, CM would still be there.

Spreading rumors i see.
He got removed before FAA got involved.

If my facts are correct, you were not even part of the pilot group at the time, junior! But, hey! Spreading rumors is part of the job description.

But TBH, he kind of took one for the team. That attitude was there. Just never publicly stated. After that HI6 was sent out dispatchers became a lot more generous with fuel, likely to PREVENT any possible scrutiny by the FAA. At least until recently. Seems to have been a tightening of the fuel purse strings along with everything else.