Originally Posted by
moon
I think the thought is if they have to pull more CAs offline to be sim instructors then they have to upgrade more captains to replace those CAs. I don't know if people were beating down the doors to be sim instructors though.
I'm sure that plays a small role in the amount of upgrades needed but I don't see the upgrades slowing even slightly due to this change.
We all know the company wants more flying from AA and I have to think this is a means to increase staffing thus trying to alleviate current staffing conditions plus future flying.