This isn’t accurate. We do have enough pilots to fly what we have. The reduction in flying wasn’t due to lack of crews, it was done to adjust the ratio of reserve pilots due to operations inability to effectively mitigate disruptions. Most of the issues that prolong these disruptions are not caused by lack of crews, rather the inability to coordinate and communicate with the crews they have.

While that is an issue that affects pilots schedules/lifestyle, and yes attrition has been around 5-6% year to date. While that loss equates to higher training and recruiting costs, we are still net positive for total pilot count. Obviously that is not ideal long term, but to make a blanket statement that we don’t have enough pilots to “fly what we have” is a misnomer.