Originally Posted by
AAL24
That is kind of irrelevant when you consider they are hiring 5,000 more than they are retiring. That will put United around 17,000 total pilots. I bet AA will still be treading water at +-13,500. Then when we fall way behind Delta and United Doug will announce a merger with JetBlue. It’s just not in Doug’s DNA to grow an airline.
I guess I’m failing to see the difference in what they are doing versus what we are doing. They said 5000 new pilots over four years. That’s 1,250 a year on average. People are saying (compass project people) we are going to hire 1,100 to 1,500 in 2020. And we are still seven above our projected hiring numbers for 2019.