Originally Posted by
Retractable
With growth spurring more hiring next year.
If we don’t hire 200 next year, I’ll be very surprised.
It seems many make the decision to depart the pattern voluntarily after the retirement “true up”.
What growth? Our hiring for the last 18 months has been below the departure rate which is why our pilot list continues to shrink. I don't expect much change on that score.
That was a direct result of the 2018 Amended agreement and was one of the many company goals of that negotiation, just like the 2015 contract was intended to shrink body count.
We have a handful more airplanes on property than a year ago since all the new arrivals have been offset by the shutdown of the Falcon and the drawdown of the X and the Excel. We are one economic hiccup or devastating election result away from fleet shrinkage.