Originally Posted by
TalkTurkey
May happen sooner. We are going to get a fresh wave of pilots leaving before summer is out. Jetblue needs talent and they’re opening their floodgates in July. AA is also about to go full throttle as well, Delta is fat about 250 pilots and sounding crickets, Frontier will be collecting pilots tomorrow and July, Sun Country is giving jobs out nearly over the phone. Atlas is parking planes they can’t staff... Strike while the iron’s hot chaps.
Delta isn’t fat 250. We may be fat in certain categories but it’s more than offset by shortages in others.
Our latest thinking is smaller, more frequent classes and the last I’ve heard or read is hiring will pick up again in September, post-summer flying.
GP