Originally Posted by
ORDinary
Well, just a few years ago we were 1000 pilots bigger than we are now. Of course, we were 95%+ of AA's feed back then and that will never happen again, and AA's scope is close to being maxed out. Our growth will taper off at some point. One would hope that at that point our flow will stop being metered, but that may just be wishful thinking.
Remember when we used to fly the 145 between DFW and GSO? The leg back sometimes had to have a fuel stop in MEM. The crew typically consisted of a 58 year old grey haired Captain, a 8 year FO, and a granny FA who sometimes needed a wheel chair waiting for HER on the jetbridge. And about 200lbs worth of Jepp binders and kit bag stickers.
Those were some quaint times.