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The 100 number is pretty close if you factor in those that won't fly: sim instructors, chief/mngt pilots. There are 20 flying the line now and that will be up to 40 for Feb. There should be about 11-15 737's in service by year end but the total fleet will only increase by 1 in 2025. Attrition is starting to pick up slightly, 7 last month. They also will keep the 73 overstaffed to include a long multi-year training buffer especially if they take the second option of deliveries after the firm 50, which was modified from an option of 50 to now 80 for a total of 130. Yes only FL for now but depending on the deliveries they should have to go outside of FL bases by next year. The late spring is from our staffing manager and is just a rough estimate as they wait for the latest updated deliverly schedule from Boeing, they are still forecasting and evaluting after the factory strike ended.
Thank you for that information. Very, very much appreciated. I will continue to sit and wait.
If you would entertain me, I have another question. Would you wait out a class date for Allegiant or accept
sooner training with another regional owned by a legacy flying CRJs? It seems that if you factor out pay, flying for a stand alone regional with no flow, and flying a bus or Boeing could be more advantageous in terms of TPIC/Type and the weight those carry over crj time. Any biased/non biased opinion there?