Originally Posted by
Razorback flyer
It's better to think of in terms of number of bodies you need below you to hold it than years. A guy with 5 1/2 years may only have 250 pilots junior to him (or roughly 2 percent of the list.)
Currently, the plug in SLC has about 625 below him (or roughly 5% of the list.) If we hire 500 pilots in a year, you're pretty close to holding it within a year.
Also depends on if the base shrinks or grows. A number of folks have been kicked out of the western bases in the last few bids - SLC plug had roughly 400 below him prior to the last bid.
All good points. As someone who is in the booted group (I have more than 250 people junior to me) I was just venting a little frustration and giving the potential newhires an idea of the status quo.
Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
That's going to change real soon.
Tell me more! Are you talking about SLC specifically? Or West Coast bases in general? This is timely, based entirely on your info, I may buy a house today.
