Originally Posted by
AllOva736
I just wonder how they have the capacity in the training department for that. Resources in the training department seem too limited to go much more than 30 per month.
Same reason why the airline sells more seats than what is on the plane, you plan on no shows.
3 years ago they would need 22 new FOs for the month, for growth and little to zero attrition. Today they need to offer 40 a month a class date, knowing that some won't even show and to cover for much more attrition on the seniority list.
You don't hire 40 FOs and upgrade 8 when everything is "going well". It's going to get worse for them and I enjoy watching the FO class numbers increase because it sure isn't a marker of growth, more so a sign that hiring is becoming an issue.