I was in the training center last week and was told by PS that we have 2882 pilots on staff currently and want to lose another 300 pilots through attrition. He is not expecting any new hire classes through the rest of 2008. In addition there may be 50 or so upgrades through the rest of 2008. With CAL cutting way back on flying and Delta reducing flying as well we are trying to shrink as a pilot group to 2500 pilots. Good luck looking else were, my personal guess is maybe classes in June 2009. That is if we don't take further hits to our CAL flying and Branded is not grounded this summer do to high fuel cost.
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