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Old 11-30-2008 | 06:10 AM
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Since the airline operates on a fiscal calendar that ends on March 31, that's as far as they can see. That's why we're hiring full steam until March. Or at least, that's when classes are projected until. If you do the numbers and with 117 eventual planes, we'll need roughly 1,170 - call it 1,200 pilots. We're at 1,145 on our last seniority list, so the numbers aren't adding up. With PBS coming next year we'll also need less pilots, even further skewing the numbers. They're either planning on being really overstaffed or we're getting more airplanes beyond the 117.