Originally Posted by
GeeWizDriver
When CBA15 was just a TA, it was patently obvious the ENTIRE focus was to reduce overall body count and I said so to anybody that would listen (not many, per usual). I predicted that we would fall to roughly 2400 pilots for about the same number of airframes (400-420). We are nearly there.
There will be trickles of hiring next year to cover attrition once the head count settles in at their "optimum" number. But NJ will be treading water for at least the next five years.
I saw it happen. I was a high 2800 number when I got hired, maybe even very low 2900, but when I left I was 2500 something and nobody has been hired since I left over 7 months ago.