Originally Posted by
Sr. Barco
There are 34,000 age 65 retirements between now and 2031.
I don't see regional airlines around in 5 years, certainly not 10 years.
Just curios, where did you get this 34,000 number from? I saw this list someone posted in November 2010:
2009- 6
2010- 13
2011- 15
2012- 299
2013- 695
2014- 892
2015- 939
2016- 964
2017- 1110
2018- 1258
2019- 1449
2020- 1653
2021- 1957
2022- 2016
2023- 2108
2024- 2047
2025- 2081
2026- 2011
2027- 1780
2028- 1767
2029- 1654
2030- 1240
2031- 975
With Comair and other regionals gone, and the mergers at the majors, this list is outdated. I'd imagine there are plenty of existing pilots to fill the vacancies. The majors forums are lit up with hiring discussions, but even so, folks are still not being picked up like hot cakes.
I have a feeling the regionals will be gone in 5 years as well for the lack of fresh blood.