Originally Posted by
flyguy23
I think there were approx. 140 new hire vacancies on the last bid. So if true, there won't be a need for a summer bid. Difficult to believe considering we'd finish the year with less captains that we started with.
As far as the manager, if her initials are AA, I wouldn't buy into it too much.
The company did not anticipate this many early retirements, plus multiple sources have thrown around the 300 number. Best guess, close to 300 this year due to attrition and new airplanes. Once all delivered completed, most likely drop down to 150-200 year for the foreseeable future. Even though retirements start in earnest ‘23-‘24, hiring will most likely slow down compared to the last few years as no more new planes, only retirements.