Latest seniority list from January shows 362 pilots. The latest class on the list is 12/17/18 so the 40ish in January doesn't count towards that. Also, the list includes anyone on medical leave, military leave, in management positions, and people still in training so we probably only have 280-290 pilots actually flying.

C5 staffs a little lighter so 6 crews per plane is more realistic. Also remember that we should have at least 35-40 going to United in 2019 plus many others that will leave for JetBlue, Spirit, Frontier, Atlas, etc. and a few others that leave for Delta, American, and Southwest. So there will be a good amount of turnover.

I think a realistic goal is to get to 40 airplanes by the end of 2019. That would require the at least 500 on the seniority list including the people I mentioned above.