New Hires and Class Dates
03-01-2026 | 08:44 PM
#191
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but with oil at almost 83 a barrel now and if it continues to go up we may have other issues besides planes if oil keeps jumping up in price
maybe cause we helped out the gulf states they ship us some cheap oil
cue Dave Chappells black bush skit an all time classic
03-01-2026 | 10:00 PM
#192
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I think that ship sailed in the post Covid boom after 2021 Alaskas bed has been made
but with oil at almost 83 a barrel now and if it continues to go up we may have other issues besides planes if oil keeps jumping up in price
maybe cause we helped out the gulf states they ship us some cheap oil
cue Dave Chappells black bush skit an all time classic
but with oil at almost 83 a barrel now and if it continues to go up we may have other issues besides planes if oil keeps jumping up in price
maybe cause we helped out the gulf states they ship us some cheap oil
cue Dave Chappells black bush skit an all time classic
Airlines that bet heavily on single fleet lost badly during the biggest travel boom of our lifetimes.
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03-01-2026 | 11:29 PM
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03-02-2026 | 05:36 AM
#194
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There is a reason why I quoted this twice:
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Originally Posted by MinRest
We have hired significantly more than 150 since the announcement, on the AS side. Hell, we hired almost that much in Jan and Feb of this year.
I really don’t understand why you have to keep saying stuff like this, or be so unpleasant about it when I point out it’s flagrantly incorrect. You at least admitted you were wrong about your retirement number claims being more than 2X the reality. I don’t understand why you are now making similar claims about hiring.
The Attrition Report will be out this week, probably tomorrow and it will show the two classes in February. Just like the new hires have told me at the training center. Probably 40 ish. The last student I was paired with said one already left for Delta. Not a bad sign all things considered.
It’s great we are hiring again. It’s great we are still taking 6 MAX 8s this year. It’s a bummer but not as bad as it could have been that we only downgraded 5 so far (not great for those guys) in 2026.
However we lost 178 captains just in 2024 and 2025. We have yet to match this number. In hiring terms we are still lagging retirements.
Quote:
Originally Posted by MinRest
We have hired significantly more than 150 since the announcement, on the AS side. Hell, we hired almost that much in Jan and Feb of this year.
I really don’t understand why you have to keep saying stuff like this, or be so unpleasant about it when I point out it’s flagrantly incorrect. You at least admitted you were wrong about your retirement number claims being more than 2X the reality. I don’t understand why you are now making similar claims about hiring.
The Attrition Report will be out this week, probably tomorrow and it will show the two classes in February. Just like the new hires have told me at the training center. Probably 40 ish. The last student I was paired with said one already left for Delta. Not a bad sign all things considered.
It’s great we are hiring again. It’s great we are still taking 6 MAX 8s this year. It’s a bummer but not as bad as it could have been that we only downgraded 5 so far (not great for those guys) in 2026.
However we lost 178 captains just in 2024 and 2025. We have yet to match this number. In hiring terms we are still lagging retirements.
And do you want to talk about being unpleasant? Shall I post screenshots from your tirade on JC?
03-02-2026 | 08:31 AM
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