Originally Posted by
senecacaptain
with that said, Spirit and Frontier are growing like wildfire. Where is the growth at AA or DAL. I don't mean retirements of senior Captains = I get to the left seat faster. I mean growth aka new routes, new cities, new aircraft (not replacements of old aircraft).
Delta has added over 200 additional aircraft to their fleet over the last 9 years. They have also gone from 9000 pilots to 15,000 by the end of this year.