Originally Posted by
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You forgot that none of the above affects retirements nor the amount of people reaching their ATP requirements.
It does if an economic event or any other unforeseen event puts a pinch on travel and all of a sudden mainline doesn't need to hire like they have been. I'm not saying it would slow to the Mach turtle pace of the past decade, but it conceivably slow to a point of near stagnation for many.