Originally Posted by
Cosa Nostra
I'm talking about SWA having full classes .. this delay from CJO to class date is killing us, losing a lot of good pilots.
If we only hire 400 in 2019, we're definitely going to lose a lot of good pilots to other carriers. The CJO to Indoc delay isn't casual... there are simply more good pilots looking for a job at a major than we want to bring onboard ourselves. We can't have em all!
Delta hired a ton since 2013, got caught up, and has a little breathing room at the moment (enhanced/exacerbated by company efficiency gains). The math says we need to increase the hiring rate again by 2020 and I think the CJO-Indoc delay will shorten significantly. In any case, we're not the first choice for every applicant who gets a Delta CJO. We're always going to have folks jump ship before and after indoc.