Originally Posted by
TNDeltaFlyboy
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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The additional 300 pilots in 17 were for the 190 also. The need to front load bodies was in part to move 717 time. TLV is not the same as ALV and has minimal impact on manning. In addition the union could pull down the TLV increase and manning formulas were unchanged. Trip drops for training would have some impact on manning but offset by additional vacation pay, training pay and new reroute rules. You can argue all day about each individual impact but the company now plans 670 fewer new hires over the next 28 months.