Originally Posted by tennisguru

I'm curious about the demographics of the 9E seniority list. How many pilots are there that are over 10 years seniority? 200? What about more than 5 years? Anyone over 10 years is a lifer by design or by accident, so whatever small number that is I could see being integrated somewhere in the DL list above the level of staple. Those guys are all mostly in their 50's or higher most likely so they'd still retire out well ahead of most anyone else at DL who is in the bottom 25%. I'd also guess that the vast majority of the under 5 year pilots are also under 30, definitely 35, so to get stapled at the bottom of Delta at say, 28 years old is still an unbelievable opportunity. I know we've hired people in their 20's but that's still a small percentage. There are going to be outliers of course (say a 40 year old who has been there 15 years and I'm sure 9E has hired a number of guys 40+ in the last couple of years), but overall I'd think if this ever were to happen you'd have some small percentage (10-15?) integrated with the DL list while the rest would be stapled. And with fences which would lessen any pain on both sides.