Originally Posted by
PilotJ3
The best timing was 2014NH
Then 2015-mid2017
Then anymore hired between 2021-mid 2022
Late 2023 + will take much longer, even though they think the upgrade might be close, I can bet the hopes will start going away in a year or so as upgrades and progression is more “normal”.
In velvet they said they are not planing to stop hiring, about 1,000 a yr for the foreseeable future. Delta nailed it with the Airbus vs Boeing orders. It wouldn’t surprise me if they active the 75 A321Neo options.
I respectfully submit the 2021 hires had the best timing ever, and will never be beaten.
- The most senior 2021 hire is
not even 3 years on property and is
68% in the company. In addition, there are currently over 1000 Post-Covid hires who have upgraded to Captain.
- The most senior 2014 hires with the same time on property in 2017 were
77.5% at the same point. Further, there were only 43 Captains with 2014
or 2015 DOH at the time.
- Both will see similar 1000ish/year hiring for their respective years 4-6, but the 2021 hire will (likely) continue to see progression beyond year 6, where the 2014 hire saw hiring stop in 2020 for 18ish months.