Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Not really, all the airlines were looking at reductions in hiring. The 737 deliveries are being covered to a extent by delaying retirements. The massive hiring push was covid early retirement programs induced. Not happening this time. Hiring will resume at about half the covid rate. If the economy turns there might not be any near term rebound.
Hiring at half the Covid rate is still one of the largest rates in 20+ years. That is more than twice the historical average.