Originally Posted by
CaptCoolHand
I’m not arguing against the numbers. Everyone knows why you’d go to DAL. if they had called me 5-10 yrs ago I’d have been gone like a fart in the wind. I made my own spreadsheets and in 2012-13 being hired by DAL would have made me an extra 2-4million over 30years.
The point is only that we are not stagnated. We just will not move as fast as others. You’re going to move up 3-5% a year. We need roughly 14 guys per plane. And that comes out to about the numbers above. We lost a very small number of guys last year. I truly wish guys had been able to run to AA DAL UAL FEDEX ect. But like me it’s not as easy as one thinks to just “go”.
Never had a DUI either. One training failure in 20yrs good aviation degree with decent gpa... sometimes the call never comes.
So having been here 10years finally getting to the left seat in a drivable base I’m not leaving. I’m here for the fight.
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Um, no. You are confusing ASM growth with seniority driving growth. We are growing ASM at around 5% because we are adding seats, and buying 321's. Our hiring tells the true story. 150 pilots/year for growth equates to around a 3% rate. Your relative seniority will average around HALF that, so around 1.5%. At that rate of growth you will be 50% up the list in about 33 years. Obviously people will retire during that time, but make no mistake we are stagnant and UAL has announced plans to grow FASTER than us.