Frontier is currently fat on pilots and running classes of 48 with a multi month pool of guys waiting for class

I'm not saying that the pilot shortage won't eventually slow our growth plans, but it is not the cause right now.

Yes, classes of 48 a month. That only ended up being a net gain of 40 pilots on the first 3 months of the year.

We just started running big classes again.

We have not been running classes of 48 since the beginning of the year, and as has been mentioned numerous times, we only need a net gain of about 200 pilots per year to reach our growth targets.

What about this:

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2022/04/28/southwest-airlines-cuts-20000-summer-flights-boosts-hiring-to-brace-for-travelers/

Or this:
https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2022/04/28/jetblue-cuts-summer-flights-new-york-airports.html

Wow, 200 pilots growth for a whole year. Sounds amazing.

Its about 11%. JetBlue decided to scale back to 5%.

No, that's a CASM growth reduction. JB is planning to NET 700 new hires for 2022. Is 700/4500 more or less than 11%?

The company got out ahead of it's skis with how many flights they put out for sale, and are now having to reduce CASM growth, but not reducing hiring plans.

And then had to make a Hail Mary pass to purchase Spirit, just to remain relevant in the airline industry.

Head back to your own board with the other blue ballers

Our hiring % is matching our growth %. How many pilots are we supposed to hire in your opinion?

No trying to be rude here but what are you even doing in the Frontier thread? You’ve already displayed your disdain for ULCC as a niche market that will never surpass your own.

Hilarious. Keep telling yourself that.

I was feeling a bit snarky.