Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
Your post is extremely optimistic. The reality is that while Delta is up-gauging aircraft, it is cutting frequency which requires less pilots. I get the graphs showing pilot block hours vs previous year. For the last fiver years, pilot block hours are down 2-5 percent each year. There will not be this major hiring that you are counting on. There will be hiring, but it will be conservative hiring.
Carriers like Delta, American, US Airways, and United are slated to retire 50% of their seniority lists in the next 15 years. That's a fact. Unless you expect all these carriers to shrink 50% then there will be plenty of hiring.