Originally Posted by
gzsg
Remember the longer freezes will result in less pilots required in each category. Your career progression will slow significantly.
Less training, less seniority list instructors to give OE, less pilots required to cover the flying while others are in training.
Longer freezes have no effect on staffing. All they do is cause some other pilot to take the frozen pilot's training slot. OTOH, an overall reduction in training brought about by there being less incentive to change equipment will reduce staffing, because there are fewer pilots off the line in training and fewer SLIs needed.
One would have to come up with an assumption of the amount of the reduction in training before one could quantify the effect on staffing.