Originally Posted by Roadkill

35 ATL717B on AE. 14 awarded, but 17 guys LEFT ATL717B by bidding into DTW717B, and one guy left it by getting reinstated, so a net LOSS of 4 seats. This means that 39 ATL717B went unfilled.

65 DTW717B on AE. 28 positions awarded (and 17 of them came from ATL717B as stated above), so 37 spots unfilled.

So we have 76 unfilled 717B spots right now, to be presented to 300 furlough-returns/new-hires.

From BB's graph above, notice that Delta shrunk 5.5%. From approx 10,500 active pilots, that's 570 pilots or so. It's pretty easy to not hire or hire less than expected when you reduce your pilot needs by twice your retirements. Folks were posting earlier that the hiring numbers and the projected fleets don't match up... I think some of this shrinkage along with productivity gains explain it pretty well. That shrinkage... gives me shrinkage!


Good news for an ending: so far as I can tell, no one moved backwards and a couple guys got reinstated!