Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Had the TA passed they were going to need an additional 370 pilots between now and DEC of 16. An additional 300 pilots were planned for 17. The E190's were going to come very fast and they needed to front load the current new hire categories to they allow for pilots bidding up while filling the E190 slots when training started in the spring. They also had to factor in shifting 717 time back East. That is all off the table for now. RA has also stated that when we return to the table it will be under a traditional section six process so they appear to be in no hurry.
Understood, however, every instructor I spoke with before the TA vote said they were being told it would result in fewer new hires. How do you explain the increase in TLV? The efficiencies gained from that plus the changes to LCA trip withholding would have most likely offset the extra pilots needed for the 190. The 300 needed for the 717s were already known before the TA vote because there was no increase in that fleet due to the TA, no? I find it hard to believe that wasn't a known quantity already.
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