Originally Posted by
FLY6584
Well the garbage came from your lakeside-graphics calculator. However, I do know that calculator only assumes hiring to cover the retirements each year so with Delta doing all of this front end hiring that certainly skews the numbers which I mentioned in my original post.
I did worst case scenarios on both sides. I ran Southwest at 1% growth even though we have experienced 7.3% growth this year and plans for 7.2% growth next year. With that kind of growth to possibly continue for the foreseeable future.
I see where you got your data. The calculator isn't "my" calculator or even the company's, I believe one of the guys on the MEC built it but that's not terribly relevant. I've found it is great for a snapshot that is 2 months old for discreet base seniority information but is unreliable for any kind of future predictions.
Did you account for any growth at DAL in your calculation? I was 2nd to last on the list when hired -- roughly #12,100, now our most jr guys are around 13,500 -- about 12% total growth over the last 2 years.