Originally Posted by
John Carr
Keep in mind, AA's limited OTS hiring so far has composed of that SAME military type. But many of the flows are ALSO over 40, many pressing 50 or better. Amongst them, there's almost a "secondary/sub" wave of pilots that will retire in addition to the silverbacks.
Bingo.
Avg f/t age in 2014 was 49. 49... Avg OTS was 36, combined avg of 42.
It's probably dropped some but it's still pretty old. I'll see if I can find the recent f/t avg age.
Found some data - last six months worth of new hires -
increase in retirements by year from posted retirements data as of six months ago -
2024 3 age 58
2025 4 57
2026 9 56
2027 4 55
2028 5 54
2029 9 53
2030 5 52
2031 8 51
2032 8 50
2033 11 49
2034 17 48
2035 11 47
2036 20 46
Some flows, some retired military. Approx 114 of 360 (60 per month???) are older than 46.
DL and UA are averaging 36-37 yrs old. Similar to AA's data for about 1/2 the class. The other 50% (slightly less) is probably older than 45. Found the data after writing the previous sentence. Maybe 1/3 is 46 or older.