Originally Posted by
Gone Flying
DLs youngest pilot hired in 2014 was just over 26 and a half.
wasn't that youngest pilot in 2014 the son of the AA11 FO who passed away on 9/11? I know he was in one of the first classes after AA started hiring again after BK. Seems like a special case.
also why are you excluding flows? If you are a new hire today, it does not matter how anyone senior to you got on the list, just that they are there and when they will leave.
FWIW DL currently has 17,200 pilots
8,400 have 20+ years to go
5,500 have 25+ years to go
2,900 have 30+ years to go
1,100 have 35+ years to go
T.M was in the first class. He was 27.
The 25 yr 1 month old was hired in February 2014.
Beats me why Delta's pilot hiring information release said the youngest hired in 2014 was 27.
Because the flows actually work out greater for the newhires. They averaged 45-47 (?? I forget the average age of F/T newhires from those years) so I told guys a LOT of the guys getting hired ahead of them will be gone 10 years sooner than the new hires at all the other airlines. It's a hidden boost to the value of going to AA.
AA data (active line pilots, not including CKA, mgt, etc)(14,400 total per aapilots). Seniority list is 16,500, minus retirements bodies on property is 15,900.
5,100 have 20+ years to go
3,200 have 25+ years to go
1,400 have 30+ years to go
400 have 35+ years to go
That's part of the 'hmmm, where should I go?' analysis.
Maybe someone could post the UA numbers?