Originally Posted by
FriendlyPilot
They never said "all narrowbody captain bids for the year in a single bid". In bold letters they said they expect the November 737 bid to be "the largest B737 vacancy offering" but not the only one for a year. They said there would be "another" large NB CA bid and those two bids would be "a majority" of CA bids for 2026. All in the October CRU.
Clearly 200 NBCA is not going to fill training for a year with our delivery schedule.
They basically said this will supply staffing through summer flying, I think though if hiring is to continue (and with deliveries and retirements I’m sure it is) they’d have to keep adding vacancies at least every 90 days but they will be smaller