Envoy will be parking 59 ERJ140s and will transfer the 47 CRJ700s away from Envoy to a different regional operator. Accordingly, furloughs/layoffs will soon follow. I hope the MQ pilots flee quickly and move their skills to mainline airlines.
With American parking regional aircraft, Envoy will need 47 percent fewer pilots
American Airlines Group has told Envoy Air's pilots union it plans to park 59 small regional jets and transfer 47 larger regional jets away from its subsidiary carrier.
As a result, Envoy will need 47 percent fewer pilots than it has today, the Air Line Pilots Association said in a note to pilots on Thursday.
http://blogs.star-telegram.com/sky_t...er-pilots.html
My prediction is that Parker will soon regret the day that he and Scooter demanded pay and benefit concessions from the MQ pilots on the heels of their bankruptcy-induced concessions. Experienced pilots with 1,500+ hours are currently in short-supply. With Republic pilots recently rejecting a contract containing pay raises (no concessions), MQ may not have enough pilots to fly its schedule in very short order.