Originally Posted by
afterburn81
Really hearing nothing. Other than - dont expect things to get better for another 12-18 months at least. Which makes sense. Common sense would tell one that, when a corporation is in a state of needing to minimize expenses, doing the absolute most with the absolute least is the ideal scenario.
So in other words - when you see the X/Y back in full force across all bases, you know they are starting to reach that point of thinking about staffing. Spirit is no where near that though.
Only my opinion, if the airline ends up relying on premium trips to cover day to day operations, they could already be well behind the eight ball.
I think we’ll need captain upgrades soon, eventually triggering more FOs. The uncertainty if any or maybe 50 of the furloughed pilots will come back. And Hiring typically takes 3 to 4 months.