Just curious, all this attrition. Where is everyone going and why? Seems like the only places hiring are JB and USAir. So you go back to an RJ and be an FO again for many years getting paid less than XJT. And most have to commute. I can't see the appeal.

I know United may hire one day. Not currently and they have a bunch of furloughs to recall. Same with American. And forget about Delta. I have talked to a couple of people that went to JB blue no more than the usual movement. Where else is really worth jumping ship to only sit at the bottom of another huge shaky seniority list?

Is this just speculation of movement? My number really hasn't changed much at all. Anyone in ATL on the 7/9 can see there are more pairings. But the block hours are actually less than last year. Notice they have no 4 days during the week. All 4 days touch weekends. And only about a hundred 3 days or so. It's all day lines and 2 days. I too was wondering why the number of pairings went up so much. And the ATL 200 is dwindling too. Yes there are some rest rule changes coming up. That proposes a challenge. That is the only staffing challenge I see.

With that being said, I'm sure there is less of a staffing problem than everyone thinks. They got it figured out. So long as we all sit here and let them do what they want, they will always have it figured out.

Thank you sir may I have another.