It's not going to happen. VX was too much and we are more.

Bwahaaaaaa.....
Wait..really?

IPO is announced, and the big players get a bit of time to look the situation over. Hiring was going gang busters, with no sight in end. Now we have a complete hiring freeze. Coincidence, I don't think so. Something is in the works. Question is, who, what and when?

Here's a thought...JB loses bid for Virgin so they make a play for F9 only to get turned down. Indigo's plan is a win/win situation with the IPO...either generate cash or create a bidding war between two suitors. I don't think Delta wants JB to have F9 and Indigo knows that. Just messing around but it's a fun guess.

I don't think Delta would give a crap if B6 and F9 merged....barely a blimp on their radar and wouldn't move the needle at all for them one way or another.....

I think everyone is reading too much into the hiring/VSA slowdown. This exact same thing happened last year at the same time. The last VSA last year was in Mar and did not resume until Sep I believe and hiring slowed down as well.

The excuse last year was because there was no net aircraft gain, only replacements. This year we were supposed to be +12 in net aircraft and would need continual hiring to cover it.

Something changed.

We're all gunna get laid!!!!!

We're supposed to be at around 70 acft by the end of the year.
At 8-8.5 crews per that puts us at around 1200 pilots.
We're close to that now.
Someone posted earlier we have around 1150.

Vx was too much for vx.

You guys are a different animal.

Not saying it'll happen or won't. Just different.