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They are deferring deliveries. For 2014 or 2015 (can't remember) we are -43 mainline.
I'm not disputing that. I'm looking beyond 2015. And you have to follow the bouncing ball here. They are deferring deliveries for the exact reason I mentioned in earlier posts:
The training department is playing catch up. That is why current classes are so relatively small. Once instructors, check airmen, sims, and other resources are in full gear the class sizes will increase and the aircraft deliveries will resume as normal.
Right now AA's training department can't handle all the deliveries and by extension all the required new hires. Hence the small classes when compared to Delta and Untied.