Well, I chose to take the job here at XJT when hiring had crawled to nearly a stand still. I was told an October class had 1(!) student.

I do think that with United buying us and dramatically more hiring, the “normal” pipeline and progression will return over this next year. I also expect the captain upgrade machine to fire up shortly and see FO upgrades consistently. That’s not just my opinion, but based upon what the training folks are saying.