>>>Haven't they been saying for quite a while now that the Brasilias were going away? Despite a few years of such talk, they're still here. At a question/answer session with Skip Barnette Monday, he didn't indicate that the Brasilias would all be gone in the forseeable future, only that what Brasilias ASA has will be based in DFW.<<<
Yes there has been talk for awhile, but it has been formally announced this time. And I meant to say that they were leaving ATL, not ASA. They will be in DFW. They will be gone by the end of 2005 from ASA due to more stringent regs on TCAS or Xponder issues, i cant remember which, and they will not spend the money to upgrade them.
>>>50 pilots...is this per month or total<<<
Total.
>>Yes, that is true, but you failed to mention that we will also be receiving 2 CRJ's per month. Two E-120's leave, two CRJ's arrive, not net change in total aircraft. We are still short of pilots, we will continue to hire for a while next year.<<
I doubt that the EMB's will leave and the CRJs get here at the same time. And keep in mind, we are short because we have @ 20 reserve pilots on the CRJ, and 8 or so on the EMB, so when they come over we will have more on reserve than the equal number of plane swaps,..(did I say that right?) Of course we also have the 70 seater which will need staffing, there will be openings, it depends on where the EMB pilots go, as to which plane we will do the hiring into. I doubt any of them will go to the ATR.