Originally Posted by
Jetlife
I really don't think it's delusion man. This company has all the signs of a business just getting by, it really does. It will take a half decade or more to get the fleet update to where they can expand, or longer. How many years does it take to get 275 airframes? No more money in the contract for the pilots, hiring is not matching attrition. We are not losing airframes for a net loss, we are going for a net zero on airframes, yet we are losing pilots. The seniority list is shrinking and they are doing more with less. More efficient my ass, they are just working pilots harder. I am, as most are, looking at it through skepticism and apprehension. Rose colored glasses and hope are good, but they don't change the facts present right in front of us.
At the current rate, 2.7 years.
Hiring doesn't seem to need to match attrition until the sims are in and the decision to accommodate more Owners with more planes is made.
Would you hire more pilots to sit around because simulators are in the process or moving across Hamilton Road on trucks?
I know I wouldn't.
Your view is from a short snapshot of company history. I'm not failing it. It's what you have.
To unravel this puzzle, you need to think back to 2010 when BRKs first emissary arrived. DS.