Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
This is one reason that the United hiring numbers look so much lower than everyone else's. If you add our hiring numbers from fall of 2012 United has brought on 2200 NEW pilots and 1200 furloughed pilots. That 3400 number since 2012 is an average of 680 pilots being trained per year, about 57/month. Thats pretty close to the same numbers as the other three big airlines.
Well, “pretty close” if you say so. Meanwhile, at Delta....
Since January 1, 2014 Delta has hired and trained ~4,000 new pilots.
The math is just a tad higher for an average per year.
~4000 in 4 years vs. our ~3400 in a little over 5.