Originally Posted by CLT Guy

There are well more than 100 pilots that are not active. Between sim instructors, ground instructors, management pilots, administration, check airmen, guys on medical leave, military leave, FMLA, etc.... there are NOT 1000 active pilots. The number of pilots that are done with IOE and active is certainly less than 750 (and probably less than that). There are guys in the mid 800's that haven't had IOE yet.

Also, there are almost always 20 people upgrading from FO to CA at any given moment and in class, so there is another 20 that are not flying the line.

So, we have 76 airplanes (+/-...using your number - not sure exactly where we are right now) and about 700ish active pilots. We are understaffed, and it can be proven by looking at the reserve utilization, the number of critical days in March, and the number of junior man assignments.

PSA is adding 3 airplanes a month, and losing about 15 pilots per month. That means that each month, PSA needs to add at least 45 pilots to break even. Everyone is expecting attrition to go up, and for the pool of qualified candidates to start to dry up. PSA will be hiring all they can for at least another 2 years to keep up with the growth and attrition.