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Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
Surprised there aren’t more early spring class dates to get people trained and on line prior to summer starting.
We’re pretty fat on staffing (as of today) even with higher book hours in the summer I think we’re in pretty good shape...however we’re all anticipating an aircraft announcement right around the first of the year which will probably affect applications and wait times etc..
We are staffed for the current planes we have now but even without a new plane order we are still getting a bunch of planes for the next few years. I think the new contract and lack of transition conflicts has proved to be much more efficient with regards to staffing than even the company had planned and we are feeling the effects of that with the slowing of hiring and upgrades. Once it catches up and we keep getting new planes the hiring and upgrades will pick back up.