Originally Posted by
sailingfun
We are in effect hiring. They are getting virtually every mil leave pilot back. These are the guys who went out 10 years ago. They all have their 20 years in now and are coming back in far greater percentages
Then expected. In addition the fact we are running the best airline Delta has seen in 25 years has resulted in far fewer pilots needed. Over 100 new CA positions were created in the last 2 bids and between 100 and 150 new CA positions are expected on the next bid.
Sailing, personally I love your posts, they never fail to pump me up, but here is a few numbers.
According to the ALPA’s bid monitor released on 4jan13:
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013:
10 guys came back from furlough
119 came back from the mil leaves
30 came back from sick leave
It is wonderful to see guys coming back, but
with this “effective hiring”:
Number of Instructors (SLI) shrunk by 27.
Pilots required number shrunk by 138.
Total number of pilots has shrunk by 257.