Yep, swapping litttle airplanes for big airplanes. That is how we have been able to more than double ASM’s since I got here while only increasing airframes by about 20%. (Boeing side).

800’s for 200’s, 800’s for MD’s, 800 & 900s for 400s, MAX9s for 320/319s...and the beat goes on.

One thing I have found with ops management is that they will try to paint as rosy a picture as possible. I would bet that now that they are saying new hire class maybe in DEC/JAN...what they really mean is DEC/JAN at the EARLIEST. DEC/JAN is 6 months out which seems to be an “event horizon” here. If it were me I definitely would not be waiting around because I think this could easily slip by several months and their would be little warning.