by Brant | Jun 4, 2020 | Airline, Airline Pilot Supply, Commentary, Fleet Plans, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply
A lot can change in a matter of days. SouthWest airlines fleet projections have already changed drastically enough to warrant a relook at their pilot demand numbers. The latest from the last article has changed significantly. Whereas they were looking at a longer-term...
by Brant | May 29, 2020 | Airline, Airline Pilot Supply, Fleet Plans, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply
Frontier has remained fairly optimistic, planning on their entire fleet being back in operation by end of summer. Due to the simplicity of their fleet, the assumptions aren’t as complicated as some of the other carriers. Simplicity doesn’t necessarily...
by Brant | May 27, 2020 | Airline, Airline Pilot Supply, Commentary, Fleet Plans, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply
While United may have announced the largest displacement bid in the industry, we simply don’t know what the future holds or if that will be accurate in the long run. What is interesting is they’ve announced the largest displacement bid but have provided...
by Brant | May 22, 2020 | Airline, Airline Pilot Supply, Fleet Plans, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply
To say Delta’s pilot demand projections are difficult to project is an understatement. So the best way to look at this projection is as a “possible outcome”, that does it’s best to fit the curve of pilot staffing to what Delta management has...
by Brant | May 21, 2020 | Airline Pilot Supply, Fleet Plans, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply
Standard Disclaimer (No one really knows at this point what the recovery will look like, this is simply an educated guess) As of early May, JetBlue was showing some deliveries over the next year and a half. These expected deliveries have been reflected in the model,...
by Brant | Mar 16, 2020 | Airline, Airline Pilot Supply, Commentary, Fleet Plans, Pilot Career, Pilot Demand Modeling and Supply, Pilot Employement
Using the 9/11 L recovery from the COVID-19 Impact Article 2 and the V-shaped recovery from the initial article, coupled with the largest cuts currently posted ( 50% reduction announced across the entire system for United). The model assumes the current cuts follow...
