Originally Posted by RNO Flyer

I asked the same sort of question in another thread, but with a mixed fleet of 217 aircraft now going to 241 737s at the end of 2023, that’s greater than 11% fleet growth in less than two years. If all options on future aircraft get executed (as they historically have been), that’s 44% fleet growth within 5 years for 314 737s by the of 2026. If the crew ratio stays the same, that’s a need for 1,300+ pilots in that five year span, but 217 more for mandatory retirements (from APCs numbers). So I get that in the next 18-24 months the displacement of Airbus pilots and absorption into the 737 training pipeline may cause issues, but in the long term how does any of this equal stagnation?