Info given to the last May class related via a buddy that was there.... There are 508 mando 65 retirements between now and Dec 18, tack on another say 100 that go early... that only leaves about 1000 new hires between now and then to hit the 30% mark. He told the class Willis has told him they need 1000/year starting Jan. There are currently 160 in the pool and interviews start again in the fall. The things holding him up are TK consolidation, displacements jamming up the pipeline, and the lack of the supposed fleet plan.

Overly ambitious? Yeah we haven't hit the 1000/year goal yet... but it's plausible.