Originally Posted by
4andCounting
Between winter draw downs and the additional Hawaii flying this year block hours are going to remain fairly flat until march of next year. So although we probably will be hiring some, the big push won't be until January'ish.
I can understand this scenario, but we're getting at least 4 airplanes online this year. They're not gonna let them sit, they're gonna put them to work (expand markets we shrunk like Portland) and we don't have the staffing in the left seat to do that. We're appropriately staffed on the FO side so upgrades will create a shortage which means hiring. Everyone I know in the pool has been told to expect September for hiring to resume which actually makes sense. Maybe it won't be as much as this last winter/spring, but I think it'll be more than a trickle.