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Originally Posted by Beernuts
Thanks all, not on the property yet, so I don't have access the IBT site. But just trying to make some informed decisions.
Cocktail napkin math here, I figure the billion dollar plane order, somewhere around 150 planes, and a current pilot to plane ratio of about 5 to 1, that's another 750 pilots. Not including retirements of pilots or planes, that's quite a bit of seniority right there. I'd welcome anyone's more informed numbers though . . .
There are actually hundreds of airplanes on order. Nobody can say for certain where the ceiling is as far as pilot numbers at NJA, but most believe it to be at least 5000 (around 2700 currently on the list). The main man Santulli recently said that the only thing that can hold things down is infrastructure- enough room on ramps, enough FBOs, enough quality pilots and mechanics, etc. He claims the demand is there, but the infrastructure must continue to grow fast enough for us continue the fast pace.