Yeah, he's probably just being sarcastic, but he is way off.. we are losing 12% of our fleet over the next year currently (barring any new orders that may or may not come). Or 3/25th.. far from 1/3

Also, we have 2916 pilots currently eligible to flow to AA. So, "currently" we are slated to lose 12% of our fleet but could theoretically lose up to 97% of our pilots to flowthrough over time. Obviously the number won't be that high because many don't want to go, and it will take some years for that to happen (if it all works out), but that is what is theoretically possible, if people want to throw numbers around.. This is NOT including our normal attrition which has been running around 25/month leaving right now, so realistically, later in 2013 with the flows, we should start to see 45/month minimum leaving here starting in March. This additional attrition number will get a lot higher once the other Majors start hiring again in a year or so but that will benefit any other regional as well.. We also have 17 Mandatory retirements this year if you want to throw that in there. lol

If our pace goes to 46/month attrition (25 recent averages + 20 flows, + 1 or 2 mandatory retirements per month), a new hire could move up to 552 #'s in a single year.. more once Major hiring picks up. Worth considering in my opinion.. even though it's the airlines and any of this could fall apart any second, that goes for any airline though.

Just got an update that the first Eagle flows should start going in the MAR 20th AA class.