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PSA help
PSA - has grown from 400 pilots to 1200 in the last 3 years. Still adding at least 35 CRJ-700s starting in early spring. Expected size of pilot group is 2,200, which is an increase of 500 per year for the next 2 years in addition to attrition. Currently, new hire classes are about 50 pilots per month and upgrading 24 per month.
You must be management and/or a pilot recruiter because your math is terrible. PSA grew from 500 pilots to 1200, that's a 700 gain. 35 planes are coming over to PSA from Envoy. That's a need of 350 pilot, so total will be close to 1500 not 2200. When you here management state 2200 pilots, you must use some common sense and realize that number makes zero sense unless a large number of additional planes come over which is not possible because American is almost scoped out on large RJs. The only way for PSA to grow further beyond 150 planes/1600 pilots, is for PSA to get planes from other non-wholly owned regionals. All those regionals have long term contracts, so one carrier would need to go bankrupt to end their contracts. How likely is that scenario?