Originally Posted by
206321
Imagine that if every time a senior pilot hit age 65 and retired, the slot that a new hire would take to replace went straight to the regionals.
[B]The seniority list and pilot group would shrink daily. The seniority list would be half the size in about 5 years.... giving all those jobs outsourced to the regionals. Eventually there would be no mainline jobs left... they would all be outsourced.
This happened from 2001-2010. I get your point and argument but this scenario played out before but existed in a less top heavy environment. I edited your post to just the relevant part of my comment.