Originally Posted by
squib
Your koolaide must have been extra strong. Around 5 captains left last month, the other third were FO's, and the last third were new hire failures. Hiring targets mean nothing. Anyone can say they "plan to hire 3-400 next year."
To see the top 50% of the seniority list you need to be here going on 8+ years.
Good luck with the 18 month upgrade, which wait for it, was advertised 6 months ago. That means every FO on property should upgrade in 12 months, and everyone else continuously after. Never going to happen.
If the 800 target is an outright lie then you might be right. But the classes are running and 800 seems on target for 65 aircraft operating for UAL and it is achievable using current new hire class numbers in a year. Even with no movement that puts a new hire FO around 60% in 12 months. It's just math.