12 planes, not 20, but the XJT planes are coming one or two per month, so the other 3 bases will have to lose a few in the interim. Overall, the 200 fleet will grow by 12 this year. That's 120 more pilots needed just to support those birds.
I agree, MEM to ATL already has a lot of old NW pilots, so the competition will be... interesting to say the least.
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legend
We're not losing airframes. DTW and MSP will get more 200s when they leave NY. Most of ATL is from XJT and from what Gumm said it's about 20 200s. If you figure 5 crews per airplane and 200 crews. So the shuffle begins. If DTW and MSP lose flying it is only temporary until the 200s from NY are available. Also Memphis to Atlanta is not very commutable unless you like driving.