Originally Posted by
Sink r8
Good point, but it's hard to imagine how a F/O hired at a major at 40 would be forced to stay in the right seat very long. We're supposed to retire ~ 5,000 out of 12,000 in the next 9 years at Delta (I don't have the exact numbers, but that's the ballpark). Junior CA is in the 9,200 range, although you could call that an aberration. But ~8000, you can get a junior left seat without much difficulty.
12,000 pilots at Delta and junior CA is 9200??? Holy cow! Is CA that bad of a gig over there? We at AA just passed the 10,000 pilot mark and junior CA is still around 5500, or roughly a mid '98 hire.