Originally Posted by
finis72
I believe it was also said DL will need to hire 7000 pilots in the next 10 plus years but none in the near future like you stated.
Interesting. The numbers on the flight ops website show about 3500 retiring in the next 10 years (through 2021), with another 3800 going 2022 through 2026. Looks like they're planning on some measured growth, or trying to get ahead of the 800+ retirements per year after 2020.