For every 62 captains that get added to the list, we get 1 additional flow (up to 8). With the captains needed to properly staff the 150 airplanes that we are expected to have, that brings us to 8/month.

Right now, we are upgrading 24-28 captains a month, but we are losing at least 15 to flow/attrition.

So, in reality, we are adding about 12 captains a month (on average). I think we will likely hit the 6th flow in June at the latest, and the 7th around the end of the year. I can't imagine that we will have enough to reach 8 in 2017, but it all depends on outside attrition.

To be honest, I would rather that we lose 25 a month to Delta/United/FedEx/UPS and never increase the flow number. That would be better for everyone on property anyways.

Either way, we are going to lost a lot of people this year, and the seniority list should have great movement. Upgrade and reserve times should be short, which is great for new hires.

TallFlyer keeps much better numbers that anyone else, and I know he is tracking the number of active captains. He will be able to tell us better than I will be able to.