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Article mentions nineteen Embraer regional jets will join the fleet of American Airlines Group subsidiary Envoy Air which with the additional aircraft will bring Envoy’s total fleet commitment to 169 (126 E175s and 43 E170s). No mention of Piedmont Airlines and a much needed replacement for the ERJ145 if Piedmont is to contimnue flight operations beyond the next 5-10 years. However, the article does mention that American/Envoy has 30 ERJ145s in storage.

Envoy Air Grows Fleet With 19 More Embraer E-Jets Aviation Week Network

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CPs have said pilots regretted flowing to AA because health insurance was so much more expensive when they heard people talked about applying outside the flow, so it really could be some insignificant thing that changes that they latch onto like it's gold.

Seniority/longevity sound like a great deal, but Pandora's box will open. My class flowed in 2023, would we get the 6+ year plus up to longevity for our sentence at PDT or remain on year 1 while someone still at PDT comes in at year 6 when they flow? How far will longevity credit go back? Is there a cap to it? Stuff like that. A straight DOH staple is probably best for AA from a financial perspective if they go down that road, but then that will alienate a lot of the OTS military and OAL pilots they're targeting for hiring when 3,000 WO pilots get seniority numbers at once.

With hiring slowing down at the majors that may end up being something they don't have to make a decision about for years, especially if age 67 comes into fruition.