20 years from now when all these retirements slow down these 25 year olds at the legacy’s are gonna face a harsh reality. Retirement stagnation is gonna happen the average age of new hires is somewhere in the mid twenties. I had a 26 year old PSA captain in the jump seat who was a different mindset. He was waiting for a check airman class cause they are paying something like $425/hr. He wouldnt consider the idea that this all may come to a screeching halt. He honestly believes retirements will continue at there current pace indefinitely and there couldn’t be a down turn in the industry.

We need a contract sooner than later to set us up for when times slowdown. My hope is AA,DL,and UAL get theirs before we do so we have a better shot of knocking ours out of the park. I don’t think JB is waiting for a recession, they can’t plan that far in advance, they are waiting for the holidays to be over.