Originally Posted by
DoSomePilotStuf
The ultimate indicator is far simpler. Your airline is shrinking yet you have stopped or slowed new hire classes. Math.
Actually, that happens all the time, it’s called furloughs or, more euphemistically, “shrinking to profitability.”
That’s ugly for the guys at the bottom but it’s generally recoverable for the company. Recovering from this requires hiring street CAs, and they are in short supply.