Had a new hire on the jumpseat last week. He said 3 things.
1. Some new hires are not making it through training.
2. Some new hires are being hired by legacies while still IN ground school.
3. We are hiring 45+ a month next year - using DFW sims to boost trainging throughput- (which represents a 50% - 100% increase to this year's hiring.)
Now why would we hire that many if we are getting only 15 planes next year??