Originally Posted by
SilentLurker
I've mentioned this could happen a few months ago. I asked if AA can handle, hire, or train 60 to 70+ pilots per month without a large training backlog much like the regionals (with the exception of Skywest, with a solid efficient management team).
Yeah, a lot of people have mentioned this when stating reasons why we didn't trust flow estimates.
In fairness to AA every retirement generates quite a few more training cycles compared to one pilot leaving a regional. That being said if they can't keep up now, what is going to happen when retirements double in 2 or 3 years? What will happen to flow times?