Slickback,

How accurate is your data? These are the numbers I have;

Delta / NWA combined

9 - 2011
20
120
203
273 - 2015
326
379
472
560
652 - 2020
831
877
832
821
732 - 2025
632
530
507
506
540 - 2030
396
318

Riddler
Planned number of outsourced pilots:
2012: 522
2013: 645
2014: 832
2015: 1,217
2016: 1,699
2017: 2,274

What do you mean by outsourced? Sorry if I'm slow.