Originally Posted by
phoenix 23684
I think everyone is reading too much into the hiring/VSA slowdown. This exact same thing happened last year at the same time. The last VSA last year was in Mar and did not resume until Sep I believe and hiring slowed down as well.
The excuse last year was because there was no net aircraft gain, only replacements. This year we were supposed to be +12 in net aircraft and would need continual hiring to cover it.
Something changed.