Originally Posted by
Dashdrvr
How did you come up with 67-70 planes??!! Plan through 2021 was and is 62 airframes max. We don’t have the 26th jet yet so I think the current number of aircraft is 60. We are way over staffed right now. That’s why class dates are so far out.
We have 26 ERJs. I know cuz I've flown all them.
#27 scheduled to arrive in May.
Our current Ops Specs shows 43 Qs and 26 ERJs. Several months back, we had around 870 pilots. Normal attrition plus recent pathway folks appear to fuel the declining pilot count.
We seem to be short on ERJ captains, at least in SEA. On any given day, the SEA reserve list can confirm this. I routinely see only 4 to 6 captains on reserve. Sometimes just 1 or 2. Last several months, I get calls on my days off from scheduling at least 3 times per month to pick up trips. Granted, I'm a more junior ERJ CA so I'm one of first to get called. But we're definitely fat on ERJ FOs.