Originally Posted by
VamosALaPlaya
What recruitment is saying is simply misleading. When they say half the pilot group will be replaced the next 7 years, to ANY normal individual, that would mean half of almost 5,000 pilots, or 2,500 pilot will be replaced in the next 7 years, which is simply false.
I think the statement may have been heard or relayed incorrectly by the poster.
The statement I heard (from a Block Rep) was that "if hiring and retirements continue at the same rates, by the time we are voting on the next contract half of the seniority list will have been on property 7 years or less."
Which is a very different statement from a technical point of view, since it includes the people hired (about 1,200 newhires so far) and retired from '15 through then.