Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
I think you're overestmating by a large margin how many of the super senior types are actually hireable.
How many are we talking about here?
The pre merger 9E list only has about 230 at the 10 years and above mark.
Lets say half are "unhireable", that's only 115 pilots left as dead meat on the accountants list. They probably worked this into their projections.
(XJ had about 400 at the 10 years and above mark and I doubt a big percentage are "unhireable".)