Originally Posted by
VacancyBid
I read it as either
1) they are somehow already staffed for a lot of the TBD airframes
2) some uncertainty about actual deliveries
3) The CRU has incomplete information
But there's no way that the new deliveries scheduled for the next 12 months can be covered by 200 captains.
Kinda feels like a 2024 repeat. I don't think they want to get burned by economic uncertainty, lack of deliveries or whatever else. They can turn those growth airplanes into replacements like they did with the 20 or so A320s just at larger scale if they need to.