Originally Posted by
Trip7
3 things changed IMO
1. Centennial year financial year overhang gone
2. 737 MAX 10 is actually coming
3. Parked 321NEO seating temporary fix plan is moving forward
Originally Posted by
FangsF15
I think you are right about all those things (though -Max hiring may be a bit early still?). I would add one more, though:
4. C-suite hiring direction following 23M7 cost epiphany.
As I've posted on here many many times. Until the costs (expense) show up on the bean counters radar, nothing changes. The 9 figures spent on barely maintaining schedule integrity did get attention.
Hiring for MAX really isn't baked in, this is hiring to maintain actual relevant numbers of pilots, where we should have been at over a year ago (save attrition). Neither is NEO lie flat.
This only changed because the bean counters hit the button when they saw the numbers, and the numbers were significant for them to act.