I doubt you have a clue what the wait time is at OO from Checkride to IOE (neither do I, but I won’t pretend to know). Second, I’m not giving out too much credit to OO management, but do you realize what it takes to push through 250 new hires a month? For example all 3 legacy’s on their best years have pushed closer to 100-120 a month with a much larger operation and pilot group. So saying “lowest hiring numbers relative to their size” tells me you know enough, and have decided to use that information to deceive your audience.

From friends still at OO, they told me SkyWest lost 150 pilots last month (potential record), but gained 100 (hired 250). Most in the group chat weren’t thrilled about that “accomplishment” because it just proves their management doesn’t have to do a thing to recruit pilots, other than show they hold a strong business (that could change as the available pilots dry up, which they will eventually).