Originally Posted by
Probe
Yeah, slimline seats and upguaged RJ's. So far that was the only announcement for ~2% ASM grown.
Upguaging RJ's to mainline would be great, but I haven't heard that one.
I am still not sure why we are hiring so many pilots. If we need them, great. Most pilots quit another job to come here. I would hate to see UAL hire too many, only to furlough them shortly after.
Why are you so negative man? You need to cool it for the sake of our future new pilots. You are providing no proof and screaming furlough. If you are unhappy keep it to yourself.
Every 787 we take requires 40 pilots and we're taking 10 this year so that's 400. 350ish retirements.....that's 750. We're parking 752s but replacing them 1:1 with 737s. and we are chronically short staffed and need new pilots to train old pilots. I'm sure the company can find a place for 250 other pilots.
We'll see what next years fleet plan brings but I would bet growth as we are slated to keep all the rest of our frames until the A350 and 787-10 show up. Is the company not allowed to get ahead of the curve?