Originally Posted by
tsquare
Gee, in ONLY 12 to 13 years? Some of us may not be around long enough to recover the seat we are now in after eating the retirements of the NWA cargo whales to take advantage of those retirements. The only thing that will be retiring in massive quantities will be freighters.
Gee only 20-25+ years until the DAL retirements really kick in
Some of us are young enough to enjoy ALL of the retirements. I have 33-38 years left of this so 10-13 wasnt an issue for me and only solidified my career expectations under the NWA standalone plan. But that is gone and we all have to live with the outcome of the merger. The positive aspect is by the time the nwa retirements taper off the dal sides kick in therefore the WHOLE list will enjoy 25+ years of solid attrition just based on retirements.
The NWA whales are under contract by the military for guaranteed profits for the next couple years on top of the regular ops and charter ops.
Bottom line is the list is done, what happens from here on out is out of our hands.
Cheers