Originally Posted by RJ4LIFE

I don't know how much more "massive" the hiring is going to get. Delta has been hiring over a thousand a year the last few years but our mandatory retirements will never reach that number, even in the peak years in the middle of the next decade. I suppose some of the other majors (specifically UAL) haven't been at to their max hiring potential but they all have been steadily hiring.

I honestly don't know how much more significantly the hiring practices are going to change from where they are now. The most common background of Delta new hires seems to be 4-year aviation college, CFI or other time building, a few years at a regional, then hired relatively quickly after upgrading (or even prior to upgrading in some instances). With the increasing enrollment numbers at aviation colleges I don't see why this isn't sustainable. There are very few other careers where you can get a BS degree from a non-Ivy League college and have a very realistic chance of making six figures only three to four years out of college.