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Envoy, aka American Eagle, to be Downsized
American has begun to shrink Envoy. Envoy will not receive the 60 new Embraer E175s, and its current 47 Bombardier CRJ-700s will now slowly be transitioned to other carriers. While Envoy will retain some 50-seat jet flying in the form of Embraer E145 jets, these aircraft are growing increasingly uneconomical due to rising maintenance costs and higher fuel price levels. (airchive.com) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Great, I just interviewed at Eagle.
Sad that it had to go this way but the entire "Regional" model is becoming obsolete it seems. The line between mainline and regional aircraft is no longer defined and the logic for lower pay in the regionals no onger exists. Maybe its a "back to the future" situation where the mainlines operate the samller aircraft like when Ozark had Fairchilds or like JetBlue does now with their E195's. In anycase, it lookls likes the airline industry is going to have fewer aircraft and fewer pilots in the very near future and it's not going to turn out well for a lot of people.
Well, if anybody remembers, the regionals were home owned at 1 point and not contract; all that has been in later years. The legacies will either pick them up again or they will be contract in name only, with wages, bennies and all being dictated by and paid for by the legacies. It's gonna get ugly. I am glad I'm about out of it all and have no travel plans. And to think, all this started because of a couple of tired dummies up North that killed 50+people by their stupidty and brought all this restriction on the rest of it by a bunch of people that didn't know what the hell they were talking about. Both of them Colgan folks had way more than 1500 hours and they still screwed up bigtime. Did I miss anything?
It wasn't the easy road. But it's the right one. I've been down it myself. Good on you guys & gals.
Really sad. Worked for Eagle when it was operated by 4 different carriers. I worked for Simmons. I loved working there. The chief pilot didn't take any BS. Garton was the best CEO. He was very involved with all aspects of the operation. It's such a shame what Eagle has become.
I am curious how American plans on sourcing out the flying that Eagle is doing for them. PSA, Republice?? All of these Regionals are having difficulty filling new hire classes and the Eagle MEC turning down a contract that involved significant concessions is only further proof that pilots are no longer willing to work for terrible wages.