Originally Posted by
slowplay
That's not even a burp for one year. In the 80's we hired on average over 600 per year. In the 90's we hired over 500 per year, and that was pre-merger. The system can handle way more than that.
2000-2001 (Thru July) we hiring 60/month (720/year) into two classes a month (and that was with Flight Engineers taking 60 days to get through training) - we have a much lower training footprint now.