Part of the reason for the attrition is that in 2014, about half of our new hires were 7-9 year FO's from Endeavor. Most of them are approaching 1000 hours PIC, along with 7000+ total hours. They are motivated to move on, and are not waiting for the flow. They are getting picked up quickly.

We also hired about 100 former Comair pilots. Most are older, and not interested at all in moving on. They are here for a couple years, and will retire at 65. There are several sim and ground instructors on the seniority list that do not have medicals and are over 65.

No one was really surprised that our attrition last month (outside of the flow) was 28. It should stay in that range.