Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
SW has hired fewer pilots than us over the same period of time.
As a total, sure. But for their size and as a percentage of pilots on property, what's it look like? Make sure to include our stellar less than 300 for 2017 and 2018's projected 450
I belive at OBAP it was published that SW was just shy of 900 this year.
Originally Posted by
Rsv4lyfe
AA hiring plenty. UPS. JBU... on and on.
AA hiring is ok, but "plenty" may be a stretch when you remove the number of flows. They'll probably take roughly the same amount off the street or a little less than we do next year.
Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
we have the first of 161 737MAX's showing up next year, we just took delivery of 14 777-300s and ordered 4 more due next year, the first of our 787-10s start showing up.....
......we are not parking anything now that the 747 is gone. So we should have 850-900 jets, basically even with DL within the next few years.
And the question STILL lingers, how do we staff them? This year HAD 2 BI classes planned months ago, then it went to what, 6? Then reduces to 4? And now "TBD".......
DAL may taper off their hiring, who knows? OR, they were just smarter at getting ahead of the curve than Willis Tower was.....
Originally Posted by
RSRVWINDSURFR
I used to share your enthusiasm, but it has been one disappointment after another with this guy. 1200 new hires, no wait, 500 new hires, no wait.. 0 new hires...
Hopefully I'm wrong on this, and your enthusiasm is warranted.
Same here. 800->650->400 = less than 300 (253) for 2017, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha......