Originally Posted by
MoonShot
Looks like there is a new projected retirements list out.
Only 663 retiring over the five year period, 2012-2016, for an average of only 132/year.
Barring an economic recovery, which results in growth, it could be another four or five years of stagnation considering that we have over a 1000 guys out on MIL/LOA/SIC. Obviously, some of the SIC guys might not return, but you would think that the majority of the MIL/LOA guys are going to return fairly shortly and they represent almost 35% of that number.
At least once we hit 2017 and beyond, things should start looking better...
One thing to remember is that we are having an increasing number of over 60 fo's. I have been doing a lot of line checks for these guy's recently.
Also, there will be a FOM change soon that allows two over 60 guy's to be in a control seat for TO/LNDG on international flights