Originally Posted by
SFA320
As far as I know they are on schedule. We have 85 planes right now with 1410ish pilots. Right around 16.5 pilots per plane. I’ve heard we are overstaffed by about 130 pilots. So they want around 15 or 15.5 pilots per plane. We end the year with 98 planes. So I’m guessing that should be around 1480 pilots. The new “efficiencies” equate to a pilot or a pilot and a half less per plane.
This is just me running math off what I’ve heard while flying. A lot of premium trips have been popping up in MCO and PHL so we shall see if my speculation holds up. If I remember right this happened last year. But then they ran upgrade and new hire classes in September instead of December. I’m hoping that happens again.
Good luck to all those in pool.
I agree with all that.
I feel like this is just another knee jerk, overreaction by the company. Pat Ryan probably told BB that guys are picking up open time and the new pairings are more efficient leaving us fat on pilots. Biffle probably got real excited and said stop hiring for 6 months! Then, about 3 months from now, they will realize that they overreacted and start running classes again.
I still believe an IPO is coming, but j also believe they will start hiring again well before December