Originally Posted by The Juice

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.