Originally Posted by
merlinj79
Best guess, the training department has been clogged up with airbus transition pilots for several months, since they just parked all the A321's. You would not be the only one who got impatient and pursued other options.
But they should be about done with airbus people, and they've said they're hiring many hundreds. I don't know how many applicants are waiting in the wings, or how long it might take to get around to them. I would think not too long, they're short FO's.
I think they have already cut the hiring projections in half for next year, and typically they never hire as many as they claim they are going to anyhow.