Airline Pilot Central Forums - Envoy ALPA Upgrade/Flow info

appy New Year!

Transitioning from one year into another brings a natural time for reflection, and hence it is appropriate to review where we’ve been in 2015 and prognosticate on what’s to come in 2016. Transparency from your union volunteers has always been a primary goal. We operate amongst information and disinformation – and we fret about which is most true, relevant, and worthy of transmission. We also operate in an industry that covets discretion for competitive reasons, but know that your MEC is committed to making the Envoy pilots as well informed as possible.

With that in mind, attached to this email is a series of charts that show where we’ve been as an airline in 2015, and where we think we’re headed in 2016. The information has been assembled from various sources that we believe to be accurate as of this writing. Naturally, everything is subject to the fluctuations inherent of our industry. Further commentary is included in this week’s Newsblast.

Moving forward – in a big picture sense – we believe we have finally turned the corner in a positive direction. With the delivery and entry of the E175 into revenue service, Envoy will be the only operator of these coveted large aircraft in the wholly owned system. Combined with the increasing pilot pay shortage and resultant staffing challenges at many carriers, Envoy is well positioned to utilize our new fleet for AAG's benefit. We remain steadfast and confident that there would be significant synergies realized by placing additional aircraft into the capable hands of the Envoy employees, who have worked so diligently to make Envoy a top tier carrier in both service and performance in 2015.

There is still much work to do in the new year. A fresh start does not come without its own challenges, including continuing to improve the lives of the hard working Envoy pilots, making Envoy a preferred carrier for the sparse new hires on the job hunt, and ensuring the E175 kickoff is successful. The Association is optimistic that the tide is in fact turning – in a big picture sense – however, our resources will remain laser focused on the constant defense of our contract, and continuing to seek improvements. The regional world changed again in 2015 and we must adapt and exceed the industry standard if we are to prosper in 2016.

Thanks to the Negotiating Committee for researching and assembling the following information.

Happy New Year,
In Unity,

Sam Pool
MEC Chairman