Originally Posted by acl65pilot

This last AE allowed them to thin out certain categories by not backfilling. It allowed some of the thru-put pressure to be taken off the training pipeline and from what I have heard. As a result, they may not need a large AE next time. This is also true because you only saw 191 RMA early outs. It allowed most to be absorbed by the fat in the system.

As for no Oct AE, well no backfilling means less bodies to move around. We will have one later this year though.

As for your comment. Its C, all of the above. Less bodies required combined with the ASM pulldown means no hiring. One meant no hiring until mid year and the next (economy) sounds like it means though summer 2013 push.

Wonder if the next great news will be that due to the AE on the wing cracks on the 717, we are looking at late 2013 early 2014 before they start arriving.....