Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
If we plan on being up a handful of airframes for summer of '22, I imagine we'll need to hire given the early-outs and attrition between then and now? Seems too optimistic to be true.
I believe the plan is to be at the 2019 airframe total by 2023. We will be at the same capacity by 2022, but that is because we are trading A320 for MAX 9. That is not real growth in the number of pilots, just growth in seats. Company will gain significant synergies in the pilot ranks with single fleet and PBS... maybe hiring in 2023 maybe not tell 2024. It all depends on the recovery.