Originally Posted by
Triumph
It’s not brain surgery. They just had a bunch of very senior people get bumped off the 747. Where do you think they are going? We are growing. Look at real numbers, not a vacancy bid. The retirement of the 747 is going to take some time to shake out.
Not brain surgery, Hah! Tell that to the MBA’s that just closed and opened a base in in Houston or added 75 more 756 pilots without buying more planes.
How many pilots were there on the ISL? 12487 How many are there now? 12511 What’s the growth rate since the ISL? 6 pilots per year for the past 4 years or .04%. annual growth rate over the last 4 years. How do you call that growth? That my friend is as stagnant as stagnant can be.
The junior captain at the company on 1 January 2018 is the same pilot who was the junior captain 1 January 2017.
We’ve grown our mainline fleet by 24 aircraft since 2011. 4 aircraft per year, we should have grown about 300 pilots with that kind of fleet growth, but we haven’t.
Which CPO pep rally are they handing out this “we are growing” flavored kool aid? I need something to cut my pessimistic statistics with to take the edge off.