Originally Posted by
tennisguru
You need more FO's to actually increase FO staffing since any increase in captain staffing obviously draws from the FO side. 15/15 would only keep the number of FO's constant while continually adding to CA numbers. So the 25 new hires per class (50/mo) is about right factoring in washout rate, attrition, etc. in order to actually drive an increase in the total number of FO's.
I understand what you are saying, but I am just wondering if we can even meet just the new flying. Yes, we lose FO's when they upgrade to CA. But can we even get enough through IOE to cover these?
If the wait time for IOE is 2 months, there must be over 100 pilots getting paid to sit at home. Seems ridiculous.