Originally Posted by
Flight Deck Ape
Don’t forget that we had roughly 100 airplanes in the total fleet before the 757’s and MD-80’s were retired so overall fleet growth has not been quite as spectacular.
That's true but don't forget that we are up 5% in departures with 11 less airplanes vs last year. Utilization will continue to increase, expect 20%+ more block hours when we get back up to our old peak number of airplanes. The used airbus market has become very competitive, but I think we will be hiring sooner than later.