Most have been retiring before mandatory retirement so far. They based their 175 estimate off projected mandatory retirements at AA next year (it's around 350). It could be more, but if they did that... Everybody would just be saying they're spinning it to make it look better and that they should only estimate based on hard known mandatory retirements.

So, it seems people will gripe regardless which way they do it.
We have guys in the 824 who will carry over company time rather than be a plain new hire like all our protected pilots, and they still complain about stuff all the time. It's like giving somebody a gold bar, and them complaining because they didn't get two.

We've sent over 500 to AA since 2013 now. That's more than the entire pilot group at PDT. Hate them all you want. Their flow is working pretty much how they said it would.

That said, I'd send people to PDT rather than here until they fix our horrible working conditions.