Of course I do.

It has come up in discussion before. Smaller ENY means that those senior pilots that do not wish to flow are clogging up an even greater percentage of valuable left seats available to upgrades and flow. It is a serious issue that I have not seen directly addressed - unless you count making this place a pain in the *** to work for and commute to in order to drive them out. It's worked on several senior pilots I know. "**** that, I quit", they said. And they did. But not enough to solve that elephant in the room if ENY continues to shrink.

Conveniently our projected shrinkage has slowed dramatically, so that will be very helpful in kicking the can down the road. We'll just have to see what happens. I have no idea what the average age of the "Declined" crowd is, or how far they are from retirement. That would also have to be factored in to the ever-fluctuating fleet plan and flow rates.

[The swear filter here is ridiculous. The crimes against civility here go well beyond any offense a well placed four letter word would have. Oh well, stepping over dollars to pick up pennies]