Originally Posted by N927EV

With the new 117 regs, I thought we were staffing at 13.5 pilots per plane? If that's correct, then it equates to 2,700 pilots.

But, even if somehow it does only equate to 2,000 pilots, it's still a win in my book. Especially when we were looking at being Comair'd or winding down to a 118 EMJ fleet operation. I'll take whatever little piece of good news we can get.

This still won't help attract new hires, IMO. And if the -175s are placed elsewhere, I'd still expect the attrition flood gates to open.

Originally Posted by RJ Pilot

This is good news! I don't have to fly the WSCOD POS ERJ !

Originally Posted by Da Magic

April Performance and Company Updates

Dear Envoy Team,

Thank you for the excellent operational performance you have achieved for Envoy and our customers over the past several months. The results have been outstanding and I assure you, it’s all being noticed and we very much appreciate your efforts.

After battling through a particularly harsh winter, we’ve continued to lower our rate of injuries and equipment damage. This favorable trend is carrying through to May, which we began with a perfect safety day without injuries to our employee or damage to equipment or aircraft. We’re improving the reliability of our operation. We’ve had two 100 percent completion factor days in the latter part of April, which is quite impressive given the size and complexity of our operation. Many of our key operating statistics for April 2014 are much improved over our April 2013 figures:


April 2014
April 2013
Improvement
START D+0
82.0%
77.4%
4.6 points better
D+0
68.8%
59.3%
9.5 points better
DOT A+14
75.2%
66.9%
8.3 points better
TTL CF
97.0%
94.8%
2.2 points better
T+0
77.2%
72.4%
4.8 points better
Baggage*
6.53
6.79
4 percent better
Aircraft Damages
1
6
5 better
*DOT MBR claims per 1,000 customers.

All of this indicates we are off to a very positive start in our new beginning as Envoy. Performance improvements like the ones we have achieved during the past few weeks make me confident there is a very bright and successful future for our company and our employees.

Going forward, I hope everyone appreciates that both of our company’s major business units – our flying business and our ground business – remain vitally important to us. Our flying business remains one of the largest regional air service providers in the country that flies for the largest airline in the world. As American has previously stated, 25 of our Embraer 140 aircraft will be retired by the end of 2014 and Envoy will continue to fly approximately 200 aircraft for the foreseeable future – including our 47 larger Bombardier CRJ-700 aircraft.

We also continue to actively recruit and hire pilots and have entered into partnerships with approximately 15 aviation universities and 10 flight schools around the country with our Pilot Pipeline Program. These efforts will ensure we have steady stream of the qualified pilots to fly with us in the years ahead as we will remain one of the largest regional carriers in the industry.

As American Airlines Group leadership has consistently stated, Envoy is an important part of both the American network and the larger AAG business. While new, larger aircraft will not be placed on our certificate in the near-term, AAG does hope we will be able to fly larger and more cost-effective aircraft in the future.

Our ground handling business has continued to grow at an impressive rate, year after year. This is growth not just in terms of quantity but also quality. Our ground handling teams have received an impressive series of commendations and accolades for their work on behalf of American and the many other airlines we serve.

These efforts combined show we are building and improving on our culture of friendly service, dedication and teamwork and living up to our new name by serving as exceptional ambassadors and representatives to customers of the many airlines we serve. Every airline faces challenges, but working together we will turn these challenges into growth and opportunity for our company and employees.

Again, I thank you for your service to our company, our passengers and one another. Keep up the great work!

Regards,

Pedro

Originally Posted by Da Magic

April Performance and Company Updates

Dear Envoy Team,

Thank you for the excellent operational performance you have achieved for Envoy and our customers over the past several months. The results have been outstanding and I assure you, it’s all being noticed and we very much appreciate your efforts.

After battling through a particularly harsh winter, we’ve continued to lower our rate of injuries and equipment damage. This favorable trend is carrying through to May, which we began with a perfect safety day without injuries to our employee or damage to equipment or aircraft. We’re improving the reliability of our operation. We’ve had two 100 percent completion factor days in the latter part of April, which is quite impressive given the size and complexity of our operation. Many of our key operating statistics for April 2014 are much improved over our April 2013 figures:


April 2014
April 2013
Improvement
START D+0
82.0%
77.4%
4.6 points better
D+0
68.8%
59.3%
9.5 points better
DOT A+14
75.2%
66.9%
8.3 points better
TTL CF
97.0%
94.8%
2.2 points better
T+0
77.2%
72.4%
4.8 points better
Baggage*
6.53
6.79
4 percent better
Aircraft Damages
1
6
5 better
*DOT MBR claims per 1,000 customers.

All of this indicates we are off to a very positive start in our new beginning as Envoy. Performance improvements like the ones we have achieved during the past few weeks make me confident there is a very bright and successful future for our company and our employees.

Going forward, I hope everyone appreciates that both of our company’s major business units – our flying business and our ground business – remain vitally important to us. Our flying business remains one of the largest regional air service providers in the country that flies for the largest airline in the world. As American has previously stated, 25 of our Embraer 140 aircraft will be retired by the end of 2014 and Envoy will continue to fly approximately 200 aircraft for the foreseeable future – including our 47 larger Bombardier CRJ-700 aircraft.

We also continue to actively recruit and hire pilots and have entered into partnerships with approximately 15 aviation universities and 10 flight schools around the country with our Pilot Pipeline Program. These efforts will ensure we have steady stream of the qualified pilots to fly with us in the years ahead as we will remain one of the largest regional carriers in the industry.

As American Airlines Group leadership has consistently stated, Envoy is an important part of both the American network and the larger AAG business. While new, larger aircraft will not be placed on our certificate in the near-term, AAG does hope we will be able to fly larger and more cost-effective aircraft in the future.

Our ground handling business has continued to grow at an impressive rate, year after year. This is growth not just in terms of quantity but also quality. Our ground handling teams have received an impressive series of commendations and accolades for their work on behalf of American and the many other airlines we serve.

These efforts combined show we are building and improving on our culture of friendly service, dedication and teamwork and living up to our new name by serving as exceptional ambassadors and representatives to customers of the many airlines we serve. Every airline faces challenges, but working together we will turn these challenges into growth and opportunity for our company and employees.

Again, I thank you for your service to our company, our passengers and one another. Keep up the great work!

Regards,

Pedro

Originally Posted by SkylineAviation

Absolutely worthless email if you ask me. Isn't worth the paper it was written on. Remember, they can come out tomorrow and claim "the industry changed again," and it's all garbage. If you're going to leave I wouldn't let this change your mind in the slightest. Why wait until they announce, they've all but said the initial order at least is headed elsewhere.