If they don’t hire in the fall they will need to restructure aircraft deliveries or park airframes and tell marketing they can’t fly the business plan. 250 displacements is not the big deal some are claiming. A much smaller training department handled massive displacements and retirements in the early 2000 era. Hiring will be driven by the block hour plan for next summer not by training.
Far more important will be the price of jet fuel in determing hiring. Jet fuel will directly drive marketing’s block hour plan.