How are the Apps coming along? Any luck?
03-08-2024 | 02:35 PM
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alarmist alarmist panic panic music stopping show is ending slowdowns pauses furloughs.
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american just announced a huge airplane order - they have huge retirement numbers - they need pilots. United needs pilots, but of course they’ll pause due to lack of over 100 airplanes - thanks Boeing. Southwest will need pilots - but of course they’ll pause due to a lack of airplanes - thanks Boeing. Delta has said they were going to decrease to about 1000 hired this year, thay haven’t indicated anything different recently? those are still huge numbers. Why does everyone want to go into some sort of sky is falling mode. This is due to lack of airplanes once the airplane shortage is figured out, the pilot hiring will
begin again.
Stop
american just announced a huge airplane order - they have huge retirement numbers - they need pilots. United needs pilots, but of course they’ll pause due to lack of over 100 airplanes - thanks Boeing. Southwest will need pilots - but of course they’ll pause due to a lack of airplanes - thanks Boeing. Delta has said they were going to decrease to about 1000 hired this year, thay haven’t indicated anything different recently? those are still huge numbers. Why does everyone want to go into some sort of sky is falling mode. This is due to lack of airplanes once the airplane shortage is figured out, the pilot hiring will
begin again.
03-09-2024 | 06:48 AM
#244
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A lot of those are from the mid 90s, and slapping a new interior and LCD screens in won’t fix a lot of the problems. They’ll definitely get rid of them at some point, so it might be for growth at the moment, but long term, those old Westies won’t last.
03-09-2024 | 08:17 AM
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but why guess when they will retire, all aircraft obviously, at some point in time will be retired. We are talking about the here and now, and for now it is growth.
03-09-2024 | 03:26 PM
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03-09-2024 | 03:34 PM
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I agree but it's also intelligent fleet management. As long as loads are high and the 'oldies but goodies' are net positive to earnings they will stay in the mix. If demand falters then they get parked. It would be nice to get flight plan uplink though to go with fancy overhead bins.
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