Originally Posted by Otterbox

Can’t take 100+ aircraft a year for growth if you can’t staff them. It probably wasn’t as big of an issue when Boeing and Airbus were delaying deliveries but with each passing month they take new aircraft it will become a more pressing issue.

Junior captains are looking at upto 10 years of life on reserve before being able to hold lines in some bases. That’s hard pass for a lot of those who could bid for CA under United’s reserve rules. There needs to be a massive overhaul of reserve rules to support United Next. If there isn’t, planes will start getting sent to the bone yard as the airline stagnates in size.