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Old 12-01-2016, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by b52dthdlr View Post
im not going to say i told you so..... nah.... i told you so.... more "deferred" aircraft orders, ie we are going to flatline aircraft nearterm
..... who was claiming 17,000 pilots soon?....
Well...I have a memo in my hand from Steve Forte dated July 9, 1999 that reads:

"by 2009 we could have 1000 aircraft and 17,800 pilots to fly them"

I post a copy of it from time to time on the Wailing Wall in ORD...
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