Originally Posted by
pitchattitude
As I understand, the Union flow calculation includes December classes which has never happened. There is SUPPOSED to be one this year. But by including the December classes, that has helped to account for attrition.
Correct. Plus the fact that historically the flow has taken longer than advertised. Look at last year for example, there were 3 months that AA stopped hiring. Delta is currently in a hiring freeze as well (or was for the summer months at least). And if AA hires less than 58 for the month then we send less. And it only gets slower after the protected pilots flow. I would view the union’s projection as a best case scenario. I’m sure a lot of new guys on here who are overly hopeful will disagree but history backs up my claim.