Originally Posted by
C2078
6-7 crews (12-14 pilots) for the 76, slightly higher for the 74 is correct. Two scenarios:
1) No displacements…
7 767 x 12 pilots/plane = 84
Mandatory + early = 80
Catch up = 50
TOTAL just over 200
2) 4-5 MD displacement
Same but reduce by about 70-80
So 120-130 total
So between 12 and 18 a month for the year is my best guess, maybe up to 20. Add a few if we do finalize the purchase of 2 -8’s from Qatar. I heavily doubt we see more than this. This is why we can be so selective vs United hiring 300-400 a month (for example), and why UPS labor will never admit they have a talent acquisition problem and also why they treat applicants the way they do.
Some head scratching people are getting hired at the Legacies, not so here.
So 7 new airframes = 84, but a loss of 4 or 5 = 70 to 80? That’s some fuzzy math before considering the captain side is short and there are still retirements on the MD. 3 on the table as we speak last I looked. You definitely seem to be skewing things as far to the negative side as you can.