Originally Posted by
Barley
There's a vacancy for 5 ORD and 5 MCO captains closing on Nov. 17th, but it's not effective until the end of March 2016. So I'd say 2016 is off to somewhat of a slow start for upgrades.
The March VSA training begins in January. There's an ebb and flow of lease returns and new aircraft that keeps the fleet size essentially stable until late in 2016, but the utilization keeps going up. Hiring for attrition is going to climb throughout the year though in my opinion.