Latest seniority list shows that the CA/FO imbalance is almost exactly as large as when the forced upgrades began.. All that policy accomplished was to encourage more people to leave. Literally that's all it did. But just as many CAs have left as FOs, so the imbalance is still just as bad as it was.

Translation: the company has zero reason to bring any more FOs on property unless it can stop CAs from leaving.. And given that the company refuses to discuss QoL issues (the main reason most CAs are leaving), there's no indication that this situation will change at any time in the future. Unless the majors and LCCs stop hiring. That's the only thing that will realistically address the imbalance.