Originally Posted by
KCaviator
I’m not trying to be a pessimist, but we’ve been hearing that for years. It’s like we’re all waiting for the second coming to happen. Most of the retirements are going to peak around 2023, with United being around 2027 (I think). Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely hope something happens, but when less than 10 pure-civilian pilots get hired at Delta from Republic so far in 2018, it’s not exactly easy to be optimistic.
AA announced they are hiring 1,000 in 2019. They have traditionally come pretty close to their goals. The WOs aren’t likely to increase the amount of pilots flowing for the immediate future (though that may change) so that means more off the street hires. AA is retiring over 75% of its current seniority list by 2032. Anyone hired in the next 4-5 years can expect a 3-5 year wait for right seat of a widebody and about 4-6 years to upgrade to CA on a narrow body...