Originally Posted by
slowplay
As did the guys hired in late 91 and 92 after their furlough.
When you're hired at the back end of a wave (over 3000 pilots hired in the south between 1996-2001 in the south) you won't have nearly the same career as the guys hired at the front of it. As pointed out, you could always look at the career stagnation of all those airlines that furloughed over the last 5 years.
Um no. Let's take the late 91 hires. Hired then furloughed, then came back in 96 almost directly from furlough to Captain seat on the 737 express. So let's say 4-6 years to upgrade to Express Captain (which some will say was not really a Delta Captain). Then comes C2K and express goes away and all they can hold is 737 mainline Captain under C2K rates. This is now 2003 so 12 years to upgrade to mainline Captian on the 737 with rates greater than most airlines widebodies Captains.
I guess what I am saying is that all stagnation is not the same. Hell I have heard 07 hires complaining in NYC that have been on the ER since day one of being hired. This is a group that has never flown a narrowbody aircraft and has seen nothing but pay raises since they walked through the door.