What I found odd is in the 717 in NYC we can't drop or move a trip to save our lives our manning is so tight. I just did CQ and I simmed with a DGS instructor who I had simmed with during my initial training. He told me the MIA operation had been shut or slowed down for a couple months due to not enough new 717 pilots. I feel like I'm missing something here.

1. The company doesn't have enough 717 pilots
2. There is a huge pool
3. There is excess capacity in the 717 sim

I don't understand why we're not having bigger classes to shore up this manning hole. Not a big hole, but we could probably use another 10-20 717 F/Os up in NYC.