BOGSAT

Where did you get the Intel of us “trying to grow back to a 15,000 pilot group...”?

Dobbs18

I haven't heard anything of that sort through any channels, ya know van drivers, FAs, jumpseaters, bathroom attendants, etc....I think more realistically we can expect to hover around 13,600-13,800...APA's seniority listed updated 5/1 shows 13,646 pilots on the Effective Seniority list which removes all RET, FUR, VPLOA, etc pilots.....so maybe a slight bump in that number this year and we are at 13,800 pilots. Until international widebody flying comes back in a meaningful way I think we can expect to carry around that amount of pilots....So if someone(I'm not taking the time to do it) can figure out how many we will lose between now and next summer that number plus, 13,800-13,646= 154, and I think that is a good approximation of how many we will hire. It could be more if they were smart to get slightly ahead of the recovery but we all know they aren't going to do that.

El Peso

No intel just assuming that we’d eventually want to get back to pre-COVID size, even if it takes a few years. It’s true that we retired quite a few airplanes, but they were always slated to go. Just went a lot faster. As of now we still have deliveries coming of 59 maxes, 88 neos/XLR, and 43 787s. ( some of these will be 777-2 replacements I know). Some of the deliveries have been pushed back to better alight with the slow rate of recovery but I see it as totally feasible that is a few years we’re back to our original size. Have you heard something different?

CMFT

Regarding the prelim, any logical explanation as to why they would leave known vacancies unfilled? For instance DFW 73 CA seat had 60 announced positions open, yet only 30 or so pilots moved to that seat. 10(ish) being reinstatements from the displacements awarded last year.


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450knotOffice

VP of Flight Ops said in his podcast a couple of weeks ago that they wanted to minimize training cycles.

TransWorld

Schoolhouse full? Sims are jammed?

FlyyGuyy

It's about to be. 1000 requals to do in a few months.

SpoilersStowed

What’s the name of the podcast? Can it be found on typical podcast platforms?

Al Czervik

AA pilots

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Smokey23

I heard you guys are renting one of SWA's MAX sims.