Just to throw in two cents,

An HR person told me OCT will be the last class for the year, and I also heard Sept, the window will re-open and then again after peak...January-ish.

I would guess the MD11 hiring will moderate due to the backlog of folks already hired but are awaiting simulator and the like. In addition, the bad luck/bad planning/bad karma surrounding the MD11 simulators has slowed down the initial training requirements, but also the folks scheduled to receive recurrent, transistion, upgrade, and those getting landings/requal.

When are we going to announce the 777 order ???

Again just my two cents...

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