Originally Posted by
DALMD88FO
Actually that is what is misleading. Yes we did have a couple thousand guys take the money and run. Yes that did help the upper end of the seniority list. However at the same time we were getting rid of all the old aircraft. So while the upper end of the list was moving up the lower end treaded water. Now we have growth aircraft and we are seeing rapid movement since we are no longer getting rid of aircraft each time we get a new one.
He is right. Prior to 9/11 I was an 88 captain. Now after those 2000 retirements you talk about....I am an 88 captain. During all the retirements, I did not move much, but in the last year as the 757s have come on board, I have started to move up again. I will move even more as the 777s come on line. We do have movement here at Delta, it's just based on growth not retirements.