Originally Posted by
Whiskey4
Upgrading current FOs on property as they become qualified likely won’t meet the demand for Captains that will be a side-effect of growing the fleet by 40+ aircraft. Management was recently very clear that a core strategic initiative of he company is achieving a 200+ fleet count (and it appears they are trying to do so fairly rapidly). Growth of an airline is generally positive for pilots, but clearly the rate matters.
There has to be something else in the works going forward. There is a 2:1 line:reserve split going on right now with CAs. There has to be a new base announcement or something coming down the line very soon for us to have this much excess....the last time I saw it get this far on the CA side was right before the 175 came online.