Originally Posted by
nene
Except that at places like Delta are hiring over 2000 a year, yet retiring only about 600.... so there's that problem with your "hiring would come to a full stop" spiel......
I think UAL has plans to GROW their seniority list to something like 18,000 pilots (yes that was the plan in 2010 as well, but this time they mean it).
They have to lead the retirements that’s why. How many training cycles does one top pay wide body Captain retirement cause? It’s more than you think. You don’t retire a hundred and just hire a hundred, because that 100 retirements sends hundred(s) to training. They have to hire more. That’s why in this business we always “hire until we furlough”.