He isn’t telling a fabrication. This place still has a small net loss of pilots every month.

Total pilot count
1/1/2019 - 1502
2/1/19 - 1470
3/1/19 - 1458
4/1/19 -1448
5/1/19 - 1432
6/1/19 - 1431
7/1/19 - 1442
8/1/19 - 1408
9/1/19- 1394
10/1/19 - 1388
11/1/19 - 1378