Originally Posted by
Mea25000
Uhm... The retirements are built in to those numbers. The back end attrition is rarely anywhere near the upgrade line, usually falling off the very bottom realistically affecting no one. Early on there may be a slight increase of east cost FO departures closer to that line but this will be a very small number.
Alaska upgrade time for anyone hired 2016 to current should be 7 - 11.5 years. I know that isn’t sexy. Those are just the facts.
I think he was referring to attrition other than retirements. As you said, however, that number is probably relatively small. There will be some minor exodus due to JFK closing, plus some young guys wanting different kinds of flying opportunities, as well as a few medical early outs, but these will likely be relatively small numbers.