CVG,

Yes, there are still plenty of qualified people in the "pipeline" for a job at any major - but this will rapidly change. Age 65 pretty much put everything on hold for 5 years.

As far as qualified applicants - look around, pretty much 50-250 people show up for every job opening advertised at job fairs. This is a pretty low standard to use as a yardstick.

OBTW - I personally know 5 people, 3 are close friends, who permanently left DAL, all hired between Feb 2000 and January 2001, was that normal when you were hired?

In case anyone is curious, 3 are flying corporate, 1 FDX, and 1 Jet BLue. In the spirit of fair disclosure 1 also have another friend who left FDX to come back to DAL.

Scoop