If we do not get additional aircraft beyond the 36 CR9's and 15 CRJ's, then hiring will slow to backfill attrition probably sometime in the late summer of 2008.

I am not sure what the target number of pilots is going to be for us, but based on years past we have had about 11 pilots per airframe. By the end of 2008 we will have 102 aircraft. Basically that puts us at about 1122 pilots, probably closer to 1200-1250 when we are done. Today our seniority list sits at 952. We have classes scheduled up to January 14 that will bring us to 1002. That boils down to about 8-10 more months of "strong" hiring.

The top half of the seniority list has not moved more than 3-4 in the last 3 months. So, already there is a significant slow in attrition in the top half. There should be some more movement up there as the flow to NWA goes into action in January and people again start to look for other opportunities post holiday season.