Originally Posted by
Icaruss
So hypothetically, what would happen if age 67 becomes law, again hypothetically. Would there be any displacements, will everything stay status quo, or just stay hiring to be prepared for two more years down the road?
Hiring at the legacies would come to a full stop. Keep in mind everyone is over hiring with the anticipation of the retirements. Once the retirements come to a halt, the training cycles will stop (upgrades, transition) everyone will be over staffed overnight. Doubt there would be many furloughs since the extra pilots could be used to realize growth ambitions, but the hiring will stop. Obviously the big winners will the regionals who can finally catch up on staffing, and of course the ULCC’s who are having their own retention problems at the moment.
Oh, and of course the most obvious thing that’ll happen if 67 passes, these geezers will start screaming about age 70!