Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Current training limits us to about 600 a year, but I am guessing that they could slam 800 a year though if they had one big bid with openings everywhere and just put new hires where they needed them. Of course, the smart thing to do would be to preemptively hire.
RA to DALPA (hypothetically): "Well boys we can't train enough pilots to grow the airline
and replace the retiring guys. We need scope relief on 100 seaters to grow the airline. Here's a 20% pay increase. Sign off on it or we'll lose market share."
Thoughts?