Originally Posted by
WakeTurby
I'm sorry, but from the complete FNG perspective (aka- not knowing a darn thing about what you just said above except for "7yr"), why do they look you square in the eye at Tower/Bldg C (pilots & HR alike) and tell you firmly "36 months"? What's the disparity?! Appreciate your guys' continued input for us newbies.
Here it is in English. Right now the most junior captain at the company is around 900 on the seniority list out of 1500 pilots. So if the fleet number stays the same let's figure 900 being the magic number for upgrade. In the next 3 years there will be approximately 500 pilots going to DAL. At the current attrition rate to other carriers, I would put the number close to 650-700 pilots total in the next 36 months. So if you are 1500 right now you will probably be close to 800 in three years.
Those are numbers for the current snapshot. I would expect additional 200 flying or even 700/900 flying to increase if we can continue to hire. Which shouldn't be a problem if they extend the SSP to new hires. Also I know that many FO's that are offered a CJO will bypass upgrade in return for quality of life until they get a class date at DL. This will further speed up the time to upgrade.
Hope that answers your question!