Originally Posted by
SilentLurker
Is there enough captains for said massive expansion?
2016 & early 2017 hiring wave have upgraded, the rest are having a hard time getting flight-time.
Will take many many months to upgrade mid 2017 to end of 2017 hires as they are stuck on reserve not flying as FOs.
Ok let me take a step back, the word ‘massive’ is relative to the 175 fleet type only. Overall company growth is moderate guaging by RW and Pedro’s company emails.
So far the company has managed to cover all the various fleet shuffle, new airframes (new old 140’s and more 175’s).
As much as the company appears to be reactive given the AA flight file, so far they’ve delivered on manning what they promised. I wouldn’t expect that to change going forward.
I’m usually pessimistic, but over the last two years those of us giving bleak outlooks have been proven wrong on just about every prediction.