How can we be operating 8 former Freedom, now Pinnacle planes if there are only 7 to go around? Sounds like this unofficial official announcement which never happened still has a few people mixed up. Maybe it's the 7 from Freedom/Pinnacle and 8 new ones?

As for the 200 class... I wouldn't read too far into that as being a bad thing. The only reason we'd be hiring onto the 200 would be to backfill FO positions has they go to upgrade. It might not always be necessary to have a 200 class, so when there isn't one, or two are combined, it isn't the end of the world.