Originally Posted by dalad

FTB, until the lie flat mods are done we won't see any backfilling into the larger aircraft. I have a friend who's a 777 A and he flew 2 trips last year. We are over staffed in wide body captain positions, just look at the reserve availability from the ER on up. Hiring is not going to happen until the Mil leave guys come back, and the recalls are done. We had pver 800 pilots on Mil leave and furlough just 4 years ago. They are all senior to the 2008 and later hires. It's just a fact.