This number keeps getting bigger, it's hilarious. Just remember we had 3400 pilots when we merged, not a very good percentage when your actually comparing apples to apples.
Originally Posted by
gloopy
There is more than enough lift currently being done at places that likely will never see a flow with anyone, let alone anywhere close to the SSP levels of hiring (almost 700 in 2-3 years plus another 70 to other places, etc). So even if AA regionals have that advantage over DL, Endeavor will still have a huge leg up on many regionals regardless.
Also, the more EDV "stagnates" (that's a pretty relative term to 90% of the pilots in this industry the last 10-15+ years) the more they will have to incentives new hires. A flow incentive merely band aids the substandard pay and work rules by using hiring as a carrot to retain pilots instead of retaining them with market based compensation.