Originally Posted by
pilotgolfer
The size of the upper group is always 4200. The size of the lower group is 3900 as a starting point. As pilots move out of top group through retirement or EO, then everyone moves up. 4200 is not a hard number for middle group.
I.1.b.ii The senior and middle group shall never consist of less than 4200 pilots.
It is only not 4200 for the initial division. Every quarter starting Q1 2021 it will be adjusted and the middle group must have at least 4200 pilots.
By my pilot math if we do furlough the 2000 and retire 655, and this thing is active for the full two years, a very large percent of the active pilot group will be in the top two groups by the end.