Here are some specifics from an e-mail from the General Office:

• We are planning to run new hire classes of 40 for the remainder of this year.
• Upgrades are planned at 20 per month from now until the first week in December.
• Overall pilot attrition is planned at 6 per week or 26 per month. In April attrition was 28, May was 17 and June is so far 30.

That's all I have one that besides that we are still really short on staffing for the CRJ 200 while the 700 is actually set. We seem to also have a shortage on the ATR, but definitely not like the 200.

The National Mediation Board (NMB) this week set two new negotiating dates for ASA and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). The two parties will meet Thursday, June 28 and Friday, June 29, in Atlanta to try to come to agreement on the remaining open sections in ASA’s pilot labor contract.

I have my fingers crossed but this one but my hopes are definitely not any higher than they are now. We'll see though!?