Originally Posted by
Coneydog
Have you seen any charts for actual retirement numbers at the major airlines? The numbers are pretty staggering. They're gonna have to pillage all the regional airlines to fill seats.
They are pretty staggering, but both Delta and United are running some massive classes (or planning on it in the near future.) I just don't see how those two airlines can continue doing so at that rate, even with the projected retirement numbers.
American, on the other hand, has the largest retirement numbers coming up and have really only hired at a slow and steady pace. Aside from the rare few, the majority of new hires have been middle-aged flow thrus.
That being said, if I were new to the 121 world and wanted to go to a legacy (not LCC) then I would go to an airline with a flow.