dragon, your intel about the sausage machine & command training time is correct. Hadn't heard the proposed +10% increase in flying for those fleets, but that is an impossible number.
Just spoke to someone yesterday who has hit 950 hours on one of those fleets and won't be getting a roster next bid period. This only compounds the problem as it brings everyone else closer to a month without flying.
A collapse in ability to fly from Xmas seemed likely, however, other sources indicate it will occur by September. The source also indicated that the problem is so acute, that it will be raised at the next board meeting as it is going to start causing a hit to domestic profitability.
Warnings about this were sent from 2015... and ignored.