Originally Posted by
PhilMcCrackin
AA clearly has the most retirements and therefor the best movement. However, I was told that every retirement triggers 3 training events. Lets say theres 800 retirements in a year: does the airlines training even have the capacity to train for all of the attrition plus growth? What im getting at here, in 3 years when AA retirements peak, will there be enough pilots for the airline to maintain or even grow its fleet? TIA
That is part of the reason they are hiring 2000+ a year even though retirements are less than 1000. It was partly due to the COVID early retirements but also to get ahead of the game. If AA was smart they would get this contract done to make being a CKA more attractive to current pilots.