Originally Posted by
Smoked
Thanks for that. Working my way through a lot of info here, so apologies if this has been posted numerous times. But, how does seniority progression look in the long term? If I’m not mistaken, the pilot group is around 16,500 strong with a desire to reach 28,000 in the next decade? Is that a realistic goal? Looks like mando retirements start to rise from 2026-2031 timeframe (7400 mandos from today until then).
What barriers do you see for someone interested in joining UAL today? Articles I see don’t indicate any slow down due to known economic performance in the near term. I’d be bidding mid-pack due to my age and more interested in QOL and seniority than big WB money right away.
This a hundred times
At 40 I guess I'm on the higher side but how much more hiring is really going to happen ya always my question and has the ship sailed. If united has hired 5000 so far that as you say nearly accounts for all retirements then just growth ?
I know I've asked this a few times in different places but the just crazy hiring is terrifying at 40. At 20 it's a no brainer
Edit. The next 5 years of retirements only come out to 3000+ so we're already at plus 2000 hires in 2028