Originally Posted by flydiamond

250 + “upgrade ready” FOs hired in late 2016-mid 2017 just waiting for their seniority to hold it. If our growth is only 20 planes at 6 captains per plane that will only allow about 130 to upgrade. The lack of attrition, especially to Delta, over the last year has been just as big a reason as the delayed growth for why our upgrade time has crept up so much. I would expect upgrade time to creep up again after the planes are delivered unless Delta actually starts hiring our pilots en masse.