They are going to run into a huge clump of retirements in about 7-8 years, because Delta and North West went on a huge hiring spree from 1985-1990, and most of the guys they hired were close to the same age, plus or minus 5 years, and that average age was 28, going up about 1 year every year from 1985-1990.

The older guys in that group are coming up on 65 in a couple years, but the real big retirement bubble is going to happen in about 8 years when over 50% of those guys hit 65.