Originally Posted by
rokking566
How hard is it to get hired with the mins (no college degree but working on it, no TPIC but jet SIC 121)? Also, I've heard that with Allegiant's plans to get rid of the B757 fleet soon and with their plans to get rid of the mad dogs by 2020 that Allegiant will only have about 55-60% of the aircraft they have now, in 2020 (sorry if I worded that weirdly). How could pilot staffing be affected by this reduction in Allegiant's fleet? Which hubs could possibly close?
They are getting rid of the 75s and -80s but when is unknown. They 80s were supposed to be replaced on about a 1 for 1 with Airbus but since fuel is so cheap they are keeping the 80s. Fleet plan when it's all said and done is 100ish aircraft and 1000+ pilots. 2019 was the goal for that last I was told but that was by management and they never change their song and dance of growth and upgrades.