Originally Posted by
buzzpat
...and there are some categories that are understaffed big time. I'm flying my lily white ass off. Hopefully, the fall AE will smooth that out and bring on some new hires.
The fall AE will likely smooth out the over/under staffed categories but I wouldn't count on huge requirements for more pilots overall. The first thing the company is going to do is cash the huge check we wrote them with the productivity improvements. The higher ALVs and flying reserves more hours and making July and August into 30 day months, etc. etc. will allow them to run the airline with a lot fewer pilots.