Originally Posted by
DMEarc
How short? Are they looking at a hiring craze like XJT?
We're short now as callbacks at all majors are going on, and hiring is spooling up at other (hint....Brown...hollla at a kid). We need to crew 54 new planes. 24 of those arrive Jan-Jun '07, with the remaining 30 Jan 07 to about MAR 08. That schedule will probably change to a more agressive schedule for the 30 175s. I think DCA will continue to be what it is. As the J4J folks filter out, the backfills will continue. Training will be a hectic pace for the next 2 years, barring a catastrophe.