Originally Posted by RTROAjax

Per JW in the Pilot pocket session today: "We are overstaffed by 180 FO's. When that supply is exhausted, we will start to hire". They also put out a vacancy bid with positive vacancy numbers for JFK and BOS 220 FO's, which JW said today was, in part, to "create vacancy for hiring needs in the future". They are most certainly setting up to begin hiring, and are openly talking about it now. Very good news!

For context, we lost 18 pilots last month. But with how heavily hiring is picking up at DL/UA/AA, that'll undoubtedly go up to 50+ a month soon, and continue that way through 2026 into 2027 (based on the hiring projections of the big 3). Wouldn't be surprised if we open up the hiring window in March/April. But like others have said, they have hundreds of Gateway people that have been waiting, so they'll have to push them through before we open to off-the-street hiring.