I'm not so sure on this. I think we are much thinner than advertised

Freight volume has been picking up, and speaking for the MD11 which was going to supposedly need an excess:

Most guys I know on reserve are flying close to or over RLG
Last months secondary target was well over BLG
Minimal buy ups
400ish versus the historical 300ish flying lines in the bid pack for less than 600 FOs.

I don't see an excess and given the shortage on the 757 training letter coupled with our not so fast acceptance of 767s I don't see how we can avoid hiring b4 peak.

Couple that with hopefully OUR collective desire to NOT fly draft, & NOT sell vacation etc due to our frustration over the pace of negotiations...I think we r in for an interesting peak if we don't hire & soon.

Factor in any extra retirements and it's game on...I agree with Wildmanny, I think the company is gonna get caught with its pants around its ankles