I'm already on board, slinging coffee in the back of the Boeing. Anyway, couple of points regarding training. 1. They can always increase their training capacity, whether it's new sims, more offsite training, actual airplane training (in lieu of some of the lofts), more instructors, whatever. Shouldn't be that hard, and honestly, should have been accounted for by mgmt.

2. The company is doing a disservice to itself by using instructors for line flying as much as they are the past few months. I understand that trips need to be filled, but when you cut your training pipeline to cover trips (rob peter to pay paul), it never has a happy ending (e.g., trips get missed, employees get abused, mgmt gets tunnel vision, sales start dropping, customers start leaving, etc). It is very difficult to catch up when operations can't match sales (capacity can't keep up with growth), hence my productivity comment.

As for the 10's, they've successfully managed the fleet type for many years. With all the company growth, why not make the transition easier on everybody (mgmt, pilots, ops, mx, training, etc) and phase out/retire the birds when the time comes, just like they are doing with the 727. I'm sure it's more complicated than I know, but square pegs don't fit into round holes, even when Fred says they do.