Originally Posted by
gloopy
That's cool, but is only one more class beyond what was already slated. Will Flt Ops have to seek and get approval for each and every single class from now on? That seems way higher profile than just opened ended hiring. If anything, just issue an etherial blanket statement like AMR did (5000 pilots in 10 years to cover attrition, etc) and then do what you want on a moth to month/year to year basis. No one will pay attention to accelerated hiring for a year or three in that scenario. Wall Street isn't tracking every class. But they could if we keep making an official BOD deal out of them all.
Gloopy I think you have your years mixed up it says 50/month until April 2015 not 2014. The official word until this letter came out was only 300 pilots total. To me that looks like about 600 additional pilots more than the 300 already announced and it did say that through attrition and aircraft deliveries that they expect the training pipeline to stay full for the next 10-20 years.
If you are a Delta pilot you can read it on the crew resources April newsletter. I'm an 00 hire and always waiting for the other shoe to drop since that is how it's been for the last/lost decade, however I think that we are definitely on the way up.