Originally Posted by
GuppyPuppy
If you want to stay out west you should avoid Jetblue unless you're ok with commuting cross country....which is pretty whacky.
Over the next 10-15 years there are less than two dozen LGB captains who will reach age 65.
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Here are the retirement numbers for LGB captains. There are roughly 120 captains in LGB.
2016 - 0
2017 - 3 (3) 2.5%
2018 - 3 (6) 5.0%
2019 - 1 (7) 5.8%
2020 - 2 (9) 7.5%
2021 - 2 (11) 9.2%
2022 - 4 (15) 12.5%
2023 - 5 (20) 16.7%
2024 - 11 (31) 25.8%
2025 - 6 (37) 30.8%
2026 - 4 (41) 34.2%
2027 - 3 (44) 36.7%
2028 - 4 (48) 40.0%
2029 - 5 (53) 44.2%
2030 - 12 (65) 54.2%
2031 - 8 (73) 60.8%
2032 - 12 (85) 70.8%
2033 - 7 (92) 76.7%
2034 - 8 (100) 83.3%
2035 - 11 (111) 92.5%
2036 - 4 (115) 95.8%
2037 - 1 (116) 96.7%
2038 - 0 (116) 96.7%
2039 - 1 (117) 97.5%
2040 - 1 (118) 98.3%
2041 - 1 (119) 99.2%
2042 - 0 (119) 99.2%
2043 - 1 (120) 100.0%
This list includes those who are out on some kind of leave as well as management pilots.
Don't get overly excited about the percentages...37 captains retiring in the next 10 years.
Also note that future captain vacancies in LGB will not necessarily be filled by LGB F/O's. Plenty of pilots here biding their time out east waiting to be a line-holding LGB captain.