Originally Posted by
rvr350
Hiring right now is for mostly attrition, and about 2 percent growth for 2008. DC9 is still around for a few years, but who knows what is the replacement a/c? Do they intend to furlough all the newhire to compass, or a new airframe on the horizion?? Nobody knows...
Word on the street is Bombardier C-series once it comes out around 2013-ish, keep current DC9s till then. We all know what the "word on the street" is worth.