Originally Posted by HardLemonade

Anybody listen to the conference call tonight? A couple of highlights that stuck out to me:

The company wants to upgrade more Captains at an accelerated rate..more than we even need. This front loading is due to anticipated Captain movement..which leads to the next point:

They confirmed that AA has indeed asked Envoy to flow 40/ month next year.



Our application and recruitment numbers have spiked since the pay raises. Get in now, folks. The flood gates are opening.

There was also some troubling news about PSA..but I won't repeat it. I don't want to start that argument around here.

Going back to the accelerated Captain upgrade thing...this will drop upgrade times like a rock. We are about to hit 2011 hires with the next bid. They should all upgrade by the end of 2017 if not sooner. Below them are very, very few pilots. We're talking double digits for all of 2012 and not much more for 2013. Meaning that new hires now wouldn't be too far from upgrading after next year.

This, and the flow announcement jive with the numbers: 2/2.5 years to upgrade and 5 to flow. Bring it, haters.