No one knows when recalls will begin. IMHO, I don't think we'll see any until we reach contractual sell-off limits. OT and after midnights are, in the bean counter's eyes, cheaper than salaries and benefits. That said, I am on day 7 and have one pax leg before my airline home. That will total over 35 hrs block and 80 hrs duty with one fatigue call and zero OT this tour. And this is the slow season?
WiFi just recently became available to corporate jets. Until about 2 yrs ago, the antenae weighed 150 lbs. While we are behind the retro curve, we had other fish to fry until recently-like keeping the doors open. Now we are back to a position allowing new equipment and upgrades to existing stuff.
As far as Embraer, they were on site in CMH a few weeks ago. There are only two jets that would fill our needs to replace the multiple small cabins we are disposing of, and most likely Embraer will be the one, but how quick do you think we can pen the deal, arrange deliveries, then announce the schedule? And who the hell are we as simple pilots to be privy to inside info, especially when so much is shared in such private forums, like FI?
Some sound like that JG Wentworth commercial-".....and I want it now". Well, patience may be a lost art, but impatience will do nothing but raise your BP and waste your time. It won't change what is or what will be.
