Originally Posted by
GoodJet
I'm kind of surprised that no one has done the math on the lack of growth that this email details. Accounting for the reductions of captains on the Airbus side, we have a total growth of 11 Captains for the next year. For the 7 guys who were downgraded from the effective May to effective October bid this may help. Since they could get their captain bid back effective November. As long as no one senior to them bids for a captain position of course.
It's not over yet for next year. They still have to displace out the remaining A321 pilots in LAX by end of year 2023. That will be even more displacements. Until the Busses are entirely gone, there won't be much growth on the CA side. The next 18 month goal seems to be to get 560 Airbus pilots over to Boeing.
What was that saying AS used to have? "Things will get better once the MDs are gone"
It still seems like an ambitious timeline goal. Hopefully they execute it well.