Originally Posted by
WhiskeyDelta
I have always been told the deadzoners numbered about 8000 so that's where the 60% come from. Heck even some of the more levelheaded dudes on CC have acknowledged the deadzoners could have controlled their fate.
Now I'm curious why you say there were only 2500.
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We were down to about 7000 pilots when we merged with NW. Hard to imagine how we had 8000 deadzoners. Deadzoners made up a slice of that 7000. They were pilots age 45 to 55 hired from 85 to 91. A large number were already retired by the time the contract was done. 2500 might even be a generous number.
Edit: There are about 4700 pilots on the Deadzoners portion of the list. Subtract the NW pilots and you end up with just under 3000 pilots who fit the deadzoner description.