Old 12-16-2021 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by TOGALOCK
Hahahaha well then… that answers that question. Thanks for the info. Going forward with the amount of upcoming retirements, would one expect reasonable movement and ability for a new hire to hold ORD early on. Someone mentioned a few posts back that someone hired now or in the near future should be able to hold ORD quickly. Is the ORD music expected to stop?

Currently a ULCC capt deciding whether or not to make a go for the little boy dream airline. The ability to hold ORD for the majority of my remaining years (about 27 left) would be a big determining factor. I truly love where I’m at, but lately I feel that I need to do myself the favor of at least researching the possibility. I call it “simply researching”. My wife is calling it a mid-life crisis…
Nothing is certain but it looks like it will continue. We are parking 200 RJs and replacing them with mainline jets. The numbers of planes we get just in the next 3 years is the same number as Spirit and Frontier combined. This does not count unannounced widebody planes.

If you’re thinking of coming over, you better hurry up. Every week you wait you lose 40-50 seniority numbers. New hires from April already have 1,200 pilots junior to them and will be Captains next year.