Originally Posted by
e6bpilot
Weird to me that they are citing the lack of upgrades as a reason to not bring back EXTO FOs and yet they are hiring before they do recalls. The only answer to that is a big push for upgrades in the next 12 months that is going to balance the load next summer. I hope we don't end up with a manning situation like we did in 2018-19.
I would expect a whole bunch of upgrades and the ExTOs to trickle back in so that they are all online by for Spring Break 2022. ExTOs recalls are limited by how fast they can upgrade.
New hires will be timed to start hitting the line right as the last of the ExTOs are back. New hire training footprint is much longer than ExTO training footprint, so new hires could very likely be in class before the last ExTOers.