Originally Posted by
Superpilot92
The biggest thing I saw was that the company is watching the retirements closely and theyre planning on hiring 7000 pilots in the next 12 years. That's just to cover retirements, growth would +
1/2 of the Delta seniority list retires in 15 years. *Currently 600 pilots over 60. 2400 over 55. 3700 in the 50-54 bracket. *
Not a problem as long as we have secret Joint Venture agreements and charter flying that we don't compel compliance with. Air France / KLM, Alaska, and DCI have us covered.
Last decade it was RJ's. This decade it is 380's, 777's, 737's. One we broke unity it became just a matter of negotiation.