Originally Posted by
Sputnik
Help me with the math on hiring. We are overmanned in the two busiest months such that reserves are sitting around and company is offering SILs. I’m thinking we will be even more over manned once summer peak ends. Only issue will be summer of 19, and how many more will we need then vs this summer?
I saw about 175 retirements this year, didn’t add up numbers first six months of 19.
I’m not seeing any need for hiring in the fall, more like Jan to meet next summer requirements plus retirements.
Not saying you’re wrong, just not understanding
The current block hour plan for next summer requires pilots. If you start hiring in Feb you might get 200 to the line in June. They need more. We are also not 500 plus pilots overmanned. We are over 500 pilots in some categories but short in others. We have 400 plus retirements in the next 12 months. Probably about 500 with early outs. We plan a 3% increase in block hours at the mainline. That’s another 450 jobs.
It’s all about oil. Flights we would operate at 40 a barrel we won’t at 75. If oil goes to 100 we may not hire anyone next summer. I hear the plan is based on oil at 60. Let’s hope it drops!