Originally Posted by
Sunvox
Retirement, retirement, retirement. Did I mention retirements.
As to how a company treats pilots that changes with the wind. Have you read the vitriol against DAL management on hear? And, at AA I can't imagine sharing a cockpit with USAir guys or AmWest guys after the SLI comes out.
UAL has hired about the same as DAL. Don't know what the numbers are at DAL, but at UAL we are retiring 400 or so per year for the next 7 or 8 years.
DAL 18/777 and 9/747s
AA 67/777 and 0/747
UAL 75/777 and 22/747 and 15/777 coming in 2017 for a total of 90/777 plus 35/A350s coming starting in 2018
and no I don't think an A330 deserves to be in this count as it is 200,000 lbs lighter at max and pays less.
I like how you just arbitrarily eliminate the 330 because you want to. It does many of the same missions as these other types and it happens to make United look better on paper. Delta is getting the 330 with increased MTOGW, how does that fit into your calculus? We're also getting a good order of 350s.
When is United planning on parking the 747s? A new hire has a practically zero chance of ever flying it so I wouldn't even include it in your count.
And you happen to be proving my point about measuring career worth based on the size of your aircraft.