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Originally Posted by Excargodog
(Post 3375917)
Except the regionals are dying. And even if the legacies pick up that flying with A220s, they’ll use less gates than legions of 50 seaters. And the gates won’t sit empty long if others can use them.
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Originally Posted by CincoDeMayo
(Post 3375923)
You’re talking about scenarios for years down the road. We are talking about gate space this next year.
https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Small-communities-see-airlift-vanish-as-pilot-shortage-hits-regional-flyers According to an analysis by the consulting firm Zwelbar-Zhong, U.S. airlines are slated to operate 43% fewer departures this March using small regional jets than they did in March 2019, even as departures for 70- to 76-seat regional jets as well as mainline aircraft are at least 90% recovered. Also telling: regional 50-seat departures had recovered to 67% of the 2019 level by July, before that recovery came to a sudden, and thus far lasting, halt. To a degree, the pullback is reflective of a long-term industry trend away from 50-seat flying. The planes require two pilots, just like larger 76-seat regional jets, but their smaller size reduces revenue potential. https://thepointsguy.com/news/delta-...s-cuts-routes/ Broader reductionsSkyWest offered some guidance on its 2022 outlook when it provided its fourth-quarter results last week. Citing staffing challenges, the airline anticipated a reduction in its block hours in 2022 to be down around 10-15% compared to its 2021 block hours.Robert Simmons, Chief Financial Officer at SkyWest, stated the following on the carrier's fourth-quarter earnings call: "We expect block hour production in 2022 to be down 10 to 15% from 2021 production, related to the staffing imbalance as we focus on growing our ERJ fleet and pulling down some of our CRJ fleet. The staffing challenges related to COVID, mix, and attrition have extended our COVID transition for another year or two." |
Originally Posted by Meep
(Post 3375916)
Pretty sure the upgrade time is going up and management is baffled as to why people are leaving.
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Originally Posted by king10pin02
(Post 3380882)
they certainly are not baffled. they know exactly why and how many are leaving, and to where they are going. dont underestimate how smart bean counters are. they have metrics and spreadsheets etc to know exactly what point this is actually a problem. when it is they will come to table.
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Originally Posted by Stryker172
(Post 3380883)
They see the movement, I highly doubt they fully understand the why behind the movement.
correct. The C suite is not Stupid. Pilots to rag on management as short sighted and dumb but i often times don’t think that’s the case. They know the market very very well. How they address it and other issues is yet to be seen , but don’t kid yourself. They have their finger on the pulse of the entire industry. Not to mention I’m pretty sure we do exit interviews |
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Originally Posted by ULLI
(Post 3381084)
Phx...
Once the merger is done now that Sprit will have a PHX base later, this should attract new talent. |
Originally Posted by king10pin02
(Post 3380882)
they certainly are not baffled. they know exactly why and how many are leaving, and to where they are going. dont underestimate how smart bean counters are. they have metrics and spreadsheets etc to know exactly what point this is actually a problem. when it is they will come to table.
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Pretty sure frontier’s PHX base is strictly to grab a piece of the CFI pie that resides there. Compass did the same thing, brought a lot of people in the door
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Originally Posted by Halon1211
(Post 3381139)
now that Sprit will have a PHX base later, this should attract new talent.
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