Yeah, uh, it’s the same story everywhere. Bean counters are bean counters. They only see immediate costs and are **** poor at down the line consequences. It’s been that story at every operation I’ve ever worked at, and every operation I’ve ever flown for has had peak flying issues.

Enjoy the premium money if and when another meltdown comes.

“They’re doing it to save money!” is a mind boggling reason to get “Woke”. No sh*t. Of course they’re doing it as cheap as they can as long as they can, and have some cost benefit analysis to show to the decision makers to justify their reasoning. Or a new, supposedly more efficient, scheduling system that they’re working out the kinks on is another valid reason for the delay.

That train runs both ways. Adding a class or spooling up a month later, particularly with much of the training department in low demand, wouldn’t be a problem with a wind shift in Miramar.

Or we can go diving down the nearest available “They’re lying to us, we’re never gonna hire or order more aircraft” hole.

The chiefs and training department were given projected numbers for growth and upgrade. You’ll live if they miss the start date on that by 60 days.