Originally Posted by tennisguru

Our latest update from the union shows that we've hired 566 pilots this year through the March 27 class. The company has most recently been on record stating a desired hiring target of 1100 for the full year. That was before they announced that they were bringing every last 717 still parked back into service this year, so that number may bump up some. So by the time May hits we're on track to have hired ~700 people, with only 400 left to hire over an 8 month time span. That math works out to a 50/month average. The summer months may be even lower with the fall classes bumped up closer to 70.