Originally Posted by
XtremeF150
So just to add to the conversation, after talking to the union guys in the ATL today they still don't think there will be any hiring before late next year. So how exactly are we to staff all these incoming 717's and 737's?
The 717's don't begin delivery until the 2nd half of next year. The 737's (on which we have pilots already trained) don't get delivered until August of next year. We generally don't train very much in the summer, as more of the IP's are flying the line. The only category that will be "tight" is planned to be the MD88/90, and that's due to 25 new deliveries coming (not all next year). The 17 remaining DC-9's will be phased out during that transition.
The last of the early outs doesn't have to leave until June 30, 2013.
So that's how we'll staff the new a/c. If the economy doesn't tank and management ups the block hours we could see hiring sooner than that. If the economy tanks, you won't need them sooner than that.
It's got nothing to do with "concessions".