Originally Posted by
ZeroTT
The several years pre-covid saw significant hiring.
The theory would be that this is the start of a couple years of Vne hiring and with the airlines competing to stockpile pilots and it will taper in a few years.
This is somewhat definitional, but it’s sort of a “anymore widebody captains for 2040 left to be hired?” The answer may be no.
Looking at where wide body CA is going seniority wise at AA if you’re in your late twenties to mid thirties it’s about 15-20 years at the end of your career of being able to hold WB CA if that’s what you want. I am looking at project seniority based on retirements on AA pilots it’s about 7 years to 50% overall, 16 years to 25%. Even if your hired at 40 today you would be 25% by 56 and about 18% at 60. So I’m not sure what you guys are talking about.
Yes I know all the caveats with the industry* purely posting the actual numbers.