Originally Posted by
dalad
Hundreds of Mil leave pilots have come back. The March category list shows we are down to 198 Mil leave pilots. It was up over 500 at one time. I don't believe we are shrinking with the addition of the 717's and MD-90's. I don't know what the 739's are going to do to the 75 fleet, other than the ling term plan is to have 80-100 752's in the fleet. I spoke to a fleet guy last week who said that if things start moving in the right direction the 26 75/76 airframes in the desert will be put through their heavy checks. I'm just as frustrated by the lack of movement as anyone else, but I can't just snap my fingers and make everything better.
FWIW, that mil leave count has stabilized at ~200 for around 6 months. That may be the new normal.
They are running out of excuses to not get some new warm bodies at mainline.