Originally Posted by bigtime209 (Post 2544345)

Just to be clear, they don't need that many to avoid being "in big trouble." They don't need that many to maintain the current operation. That's more of a figure to achieve their goals of growth and expanding into other parts of the country and opening/reopening bases. Plus, you've got the very beginning of the big wave of 2016 new hires approaching 1,000 hours. Sky is definitely not falling. They may not be able to expand and grow back to 3,000 pilots as quickly as they'd like, but I don't think any of us could care less.

Originally Posted by flysooner9 (Post 2544389)

How many FO’s are upgrading a month?

Originally Posted by bigtime209 (Post 2544345)

Just to be clear, they don't need that many to avoid being "in big trouble." They don't need that many to maintain the current operation. That's more of a figure to achieve their goals of growth and expanding into other parts of the country and opening/reopening bases. Plus, you've got the very beginning of the big wave of 2016 new hires approaching 1,000 hours. Sky is definitely not falling. They may not be able to expand and grow back to 3,000 pilots as quickly as they'd like, but I don't think any of us could care less.

Originally Posted by Bigpimppilot (Post 2544698)

Was it 2011 when American said Envoy was going to hire 800 pilots? Didn’t they only hire 400 or so? Did they say 800 so that they wouldn’t have an issue getting 400? Is it possible that if the company says they desperately need 200 dec Pilots then they really only need say half?