Originally Posted by Avgwhitemale

Fellas,
I am trying to figure out a couple of figures.
1) How many new hires are spawned from the 717s
2) Does anybody have an idea how many might take the early retirement?

These numbers are surely just estimates, but it could be the official start of upward movement. The system has been gummed up for quite some time. The real pay raise is the move from the right window to the left window. This cannot happen until we retire/hire folks.