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Old 04-19-2017 | 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Meat Fighter
That post pertained to hiring in order to replace retirements..... My question was in reference to total pilot number due to growth and business expansion.
I don't think, in terms of pilots, we're going to see growth and business expansion - because we're not really expanding. We've pretty much been hiring replacements since the expansion from the postal contract tapered off in the early 2000's. Our total pilot numbers have been pretty stagnant over the last decade and I don't see that changing. We may get a slight bump due to the TNT acquisition but our business, especially domestic is kind of maxed out.

So, IMO I don't think additional pilots over and above what they're hiring for attrition is going to happen unless we have something significant change in our air freight business model.
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