Originally Posted by
AirBear
The Union just sent out NJA Pilot breakdown by age charts. Very interesting. Over 1000 of our 2430 pilots are over the age of 54. And the vast majority of those are PIC's.
I don't think pilots hired at NJA this year will have to wait 10 years for an upgrade. 287 pilots are 64 or older so there's a big group between 54-64. Now on the downside pilots of that age are probably not going to leave NJA. But most don't hang on much past 65 so there will be a lot of movement. Yes it'll take longer at NJA to upgrade than most other fractionals but once you do you'll have pretty good progress up the seniority list.
On our June losses/gains list we lost 3, 1 senior and 2 new hires, and we also gained 3 new hires.
More than 200 pilots over the Part 121 mandatory retirement age. There are 5 over the age of 78!!!
I’m actually surprised the union published this information because it will only add fuel to the fire that we DESPERATELY NEED a mandatory retirement age in the 91K/135 world.