Originally Posted by hockeypilot44

This is why I call myself a "permanent reserve." I have been with the company about 4 1/2 years. If we don't hire until the end of 2016, I'll have spent my first 9 years at this company on reserve on one of the bottom airplanes. It might even be worse than that when we move the line on scope again. The numbers are not pretty. We keep getting told of the mass retirements that are coming up. This reminds me of the great pilot shortage we keep hearing about. It is a pipe dream. I don't think Delta will ever grow again.