What we're seing is the post cOvId wind back of travel. Many on here did accurately predict this. We are returning to more normal capacity after riding high on that boom. It was a few good years and we (the industry as whole) needed that juice. It really isn't doom or gloom like some are posting about over in the DAL poolie thread. Just the return to a median.

We are staffed properly in most fleets ATM. We're still hiring and that number for 2025 will be ~1000 over the entire year. We are still forecasting growth at around 3% for the year. Energy will become cheaper, so that will help. We will maintain our focus on the premium product and all that goes along with that. It really is our edge right now, that, and our reliability. We still run a pretty tight operation compared to other airlines. So long as we maintain our focus areas - reliability and catering to the premium customers, I don't see many issues going forward for us here.

The slight drops in capacity actually help out a little given our NB delivery delays in MAX and NEO. That's why I stated above we are pretty well staffed in most fleets.