Originally Posted by
heavydane
They can hardly ease the FO requirements any further. And yes classes are full.
We have attrition but that will end when the last American leave, they are pretty much the only ones with better options at home.
AJX will never have enough pilots, as soon as we are getting close, ANA will give us more flying, because we are the cheap labour
To be honest this is a very good point. ANA surely is the main airline and focus, Air Japan is there for buffer and to cover some of the routes as they become available to give away. If you look at it from this standpoint it makes sense to keep recruiting non stop and up the money a bit if they really need to. It doesn't have to be perfect but it's probably good enough.
I would say that's not applicable to Peach because the expansion of the airline and low cost sector is extremely dependent on having enough crew and being able to recruit them (ryanair would be a good example of this) as you get new frames. They don't seem too worried or in a rush on that side either though, so there you go. And in all honesty there's only so much an lcc can offer before going over the budget anyways.