Originally Posted by
USwest
The information from the union at the end of 2006 was that there would be 169 retirements from the east and 46 retirements from the west in 2007. In 2008 the numbers are 143 from the east and 43 from the west.
I don't know where you got those numbers but the East ones seem way off to me. We are losing about 25 per month on this side with 300 Captain upgrades for 2007 with a stable pilot head count.
Last pilot bid for Jan/ Feb has 97 openings for new hires on the East.