Those numbers are ARTIFICIAL. They are only in place because of the backlog in training, TK being a mess, and the uncertainty of where the bumping pilots are going.

We will have more 777-300s flying than we ever had 747s flying post-merger, this doesn't include 787s coming still, we just added two new International routes, one which will require 2 Captains and 2 FOs, and our total fleet count is going to be up at the end of the year.

Your analysis based on looking at vacancy bids going from spring into summer is a poor representation of the real world. It would be like looking at the average temperatures in your town over the last 6 months and declaring that in a year it will be 130 degrees if that rate continued.

We are certainly NOT shrinking.