It’s not that we are heavy on captains so much as that turnover affects the FO side more.

The company reduced summer flying so that they could have more pilots on reserve to absorb network disruptions. This has more or less worked on the captain side but attrition has affected the stability on the FO side.

Short term this has been good for new hires since the first of the year, as they have been able to move to the base and up in seniority towards a line much faster as other pilots leave. It’s also meant more open time and premium calls for FOs.

It’s affected senior FOs and junior captains negatively as upgrades slowed to a crawl. They are increasing again as we have twelve more planes coming from in Q4 and more next year. While training capacity has been almost all used for new hires, they have no choice but to increase captains.