They canceled March because they had to take too many people offline for training new hires, upgrades, and instructors. Guys are getting vacation months in June, and any money they would have lost since their vacation was canceled like deposits is covered. It still is pathetic in a line pilot's mind, me, because if they had just done the training in January instead of waiting they would have been fine.

The thing is somebody probably had a spreadsheet and at the time or it still is more cost advantageous to do things the way they are being done... Despite how screwed up it may seem. The company is not apparently violating the contract in this regard. They're working it just like year 1 FOs are to get 18 days off.

PSA should be all caught up by April unless Delta and United hire a ton of guys, but then there is like a 6 month backlog to class date at both places, and PSA MGT can control who is released to AA/US soooo they're probably rather confident they have a good feel on attrition. A few guys may go to JetBlue or Spirit. They are also bringing a 4th simulator online(2 CVG, 1 CLT) in the US training center in CLT in a bay previously occupied by a 737 Sim.