Originally Posted by
Sirius
I don’t have a dog in the fight but I’ve seen it mentioned that united has hired over 6K pilots since the pandemic. All of the future retirement replacements have been hired and assuming growth, which not guaranteed things always happen. At the moment anyone going to united will not be at the front of the wave but the back of the wave. Depending on age it can still be a decent move but overall first world problems.
It's not all THAT grim. You are leaving out the vacancies created by the early COVID requirements. And unlike AA and DL, future retirements have still not peaked for UA. Earlier is ALWAYS better of course, and black swans can always happen, but when they are FORCING guys in intro to take upgrades, it's hardly the worst time in the world to go to a legacy.