Originally Posted by
Bgood
Rumor from a month aguh. I believe it's from recurrent class when flight ops mgmt usually gives an update. Attrition is at 100 per year. Stagnation until mid 2026, growth should start again by then. The number thrown around was overstaffed by 300 pilots. Hiring window won't open again until late 2025. This is an ESTIMATE.
With Alaska/Hawaiian and AA already resuming hiring and expecting DL and UAL to follow suit, I expect our attrition numbers will rise.
United has been hiring all year except for a summer pause in June and part of July. We have new hire classes almost every week and going to hire 2,000+ in 2025.