Originally Posted by
TFAYD
this is not all that difficult to understand.
training now is to staff to 2026 summer requirements. Yes, there may be some more small adjustments in early 2026 to address some specific needs. But by and large, the plan is to have most of 2026 needs in the bag with these bids.
any FO they hire past Feb next year is irrelevant for summer flying. So yeah - hiring 2000+ people next year can and might happen. And will trigger a 27/04 CA vacancy in the fall of 2026
How do we retire 450 CA in 2026 and hire 2,000 FOs and not have any more Captain bids? That going to create a 2,500 pilot imbalance between CA and FO current staffing. It makes no sense. Just like we heard last month that Nov was the "last bid" until fall of 2026 I bet we hear that 6 or 7 more times as each monthly bid comes out to cover retirements and aircraft deliveries.