Originally Posted by
Brakes Set
I understand it. My post stated I did not understand your take of it with age being the factor.
I looked at a list later and did the numbers about your statement of the AirTran pilots being so young. What did you consider young?
I posted that information showing the average age of the first 300 Captains. Do not buy your opinion about that. The first 100 had an average age of 56 , DOH from Sept.1993 thru Feb 97 and you put them with SWA pilots who were hired in 1999 and were at 30.31 % to 38.4 %. And that is because they were so young?
Again, you don't understand what you are talking about!!
It doesn't matter what I consider young, the only factor is that the AirTran group was younger than the SWA group!
You are saying that the average age of the first 100 was 56 years old (which I don't believe) and then you state they were put next to SWA pilots hired in 1999! It has no bearing that they were put next to SWA pilots hired in 1999. No matter where they were placed on the list, their average age was much younger than those that were original SW pilots.
If the average age of the pilots above you on the list was originally 50 years old and then you add in 1000 pilots ALL AT RELATIVE SENIORITY and their average age is 45 you have just lost seniority due to the newly inserted pilots retiring at later mandatory retirement dates.
This is not a difficult concept, especially for someone that has been in this business for a long time.