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On 10/16/2002 1:53:53 PM FA Mikey wrote:
That as already been figured in. Depeaking gave us utilization of like 17 additional planes. Getting 11 more early next year. They will be back on line as the F100 say goodnight.
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In August a major schedule reduction was announced, but no real fleet reduction, except the retirement of the F100's starting at the end of next year. That means the existing fleet must be underutilized.
I see this as paring the fleet to match the schedule, and predict no large pilot /FA layoffs as a result.
On that note, the final numbers came out today. 420 TWA FA's to hit the street on Nov. 1, joining 833 already there, plus 162 AAers joining 733 post-acquisition FA's for a total of 2148 FA's on the street.
MK