Originally Posted by
mach75
I may be wrong, but we are planning on receiving the following:
March - 1 x A320
April - 2 x A320's
June - 2 x A320's
July - 2 x A320's
August - 1 x A320
October - 4 x A321's
November - 3 x A321's
December - 2 x A321's
Received N388FR (A320) on January 20th. So that's a total of 18 for 2022. We should have 124 by the end of the year after 4 are returned. To staff those 124 we are looking at approximately 1860 pilots. As of January, we had 1708 pilots. We only need another 152 pilots by the end of the year, or 12-13 pilots a month. This does not account for attrition.
You’re probably right about the delivery schedule. I went back and looked at the Q3 earnings summary again and it was no deliveries in 4q 2021. Not sure where I got 2q 2022 from. Anyway, all that notwithstanding, 152 pilots short is not going to make the wheels come off this place yet. Percentage wise based on airline size at the time, we’ve operated with less than that in the past. Like I said above: PAF galore and reserves not getting paid to sit around very much. It’s not ideal, but we’ll hobble along.
I’m certainly not saying any of this is good or acceptable, but people need to get a grip on themselves and take a breath.