Originally Posted by PilotWombat

With class 12-21, we've had 649 hired this year. 162 in Oct, 193 in Nov, and 76 in Dec. If the 28th is the biggest class of the year, it'll have to be at least 59 pilots, putting the total this year north of 708.

For those that care about such things, a whopping 21 of the 617 pilots hired through class 20-21 are female, half of which were in the last two classes. Better yet, only 8 are black. Greater than 91.5% of all new hires this year are white men. Diversity indeed.