Originally Posted by
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Actually, I have June 2012 numbers.
June 2012: 4808 Captains with 717 jets
April 2013: 4768 Captains (-40 loss) with 719 jets
April 2014: 4927 Captains (+159 over 2013, +119 over 2012) with 740 jets*
*I think the net is 740 after the DC9s left and 717s to date are added
Good numbers however the number you actually need to make a valid comparison is total system block hours when talking jobs. So using the above numbers where is the massive job loss from the contract the forum speaks so much about?
I believe the actual block hours are up about 2 percent which should equal about 100 captains. The union put out that the contract changes would cause a net loss of 100 to 150 jobs or 50 to 75 captains. That number was stated here over and over again as total BS. Some said we lost thousands of jobs. The terms massive and huge job losses were posted over and over again. We should still be furloughing if that was true.