Originally Posted by
flyguy81
Hahaha. Retirements will start to peak at the legacies way before then. If we want to maintain our size or grow we’ll need butts in the seats and a way to attract them given our lack of widebody aircraft and faster upgrade. Stalling isn’t in managements best interest, IMO. Especially if the others sign significant gains and move the bar that much further.
They're banking pilots (hedging, whatever) NOW to avoid having hiring pressure become a factor during contract negotiations.