Originally Posted by
ImSoSuss
They've always had the ability to surge and do it often to meet their goal of hires for the year. For example, when they paused new hire classes in June (or was it July?) for the few classes before and after they surged the numbers to make up for that break.
June was the month that AA skipped hiring.
There were 5 classes in May and August (based on how the Wednesdays fell) and the classes in May, July, and August were substantially larger than the first 4 months of the year.
Here's hoping for continued large classes in November and again in January! AA has said that 2200 per year is the goal, with ~800 replacing those that retire and ~1400 for overall growth.