Originally Posted by
Krazy793
Have heard people saying this hard 700 number several times...but all I can recall reading about is SD's FY17 Flt Plan saying "Hire more than 700 pilots." If I recall correctly, the past two CY's 14/15, both had qualified numbers which we surpassed. I miss stuff routinely but I would guess that management uses low numbers with qualifiers to manage expectation of potential hires. JMTSW.
I believe what was said is that they are funded and have approval for 700 new hires in 2017. In the last 3 years they have exceeded the planned numbers each year.