Originally Posted by
Baldheadedman66
But didn't you say a few months ago that you see us growing and getting more airplanes?
It doesn't make any sense as to why we're pushing through 2 classes a month of 30 each if we're not growing. I get it that some of the hiring is due to attrition, but we didn't lose 600 pilots.
I may have? I don’t remember. There were rumors for a while but nothing came of any of it and the situation has been dynamic industry-wide. There are no airplanes coming from Europe. There are none coming out of the desert. So that leaves Mesa. And it costs money to move airplanes around with the savings by doing so being realized over time. Mesa is much more cost-effective than PSA. I don’t think we’re going to see any of those airplanes.
Maybe we would have gained some aircraft if we were able to gain additional block hours. That hasn’t happened yet. Maybe they figure it out in the future, maybe they don’t. But for now I don’t see much changing. I see AA restructuring some as they begin their recovery. What that looks like I have no idea. But they will place flying/airplanes at the carriers who are able to be flexible and respond quickly/efficiently to AA’s changing needs in a rapidly changing market. Not so sure PSA is able to be that airline for AA for a number of reasons that are far outside our control. So no sense worrying about any of it.