Originally Posted by
Giordano Bruno
Apparently the age 67 bill was reintroduced.
Please write your members of Congress to tell them to oppose. You know the old guys are all-in on getting this passed. Would be a shame if the noisy minority carried the day.
If this was perceived by mgmt as likely to pass, it could well erode leverage for UALPA, APA, SWAPA. Old guys sticking around longer means they don't have to push to recruit and hire as many pilots in the short term, so they don't need to be in a hurry to match Delta.
Wonder what the student pilot loan default rate was between 2009-2013 or the amount of pilots who left the industry due to there being zero vacancies for 5 years. Or what that did to wage growth during that time, which repelled prospective pilots. Let’s pull out all the graphs and charts. Wonder how many new minted pilots (ATPs) there are over the next two years as compared with the 5000pilots that would be forced to retire.