Originally Posted by
fly2002
yeah...I think a little over 10 new captain positions. The big news is ZERO displacements. We are short....or at least the shortest I have seen in over a year or two. I honestly think that with the BP5's coming up, if we were still a stand alone (no SOC) we would need to hire some. Just look at those august retirements in the newsletter. Wow.. The ANC base closure and 200+ additional pilots...I guess made zero difference.
Thre retirement lists for the next few months should all look like that as well. Had they not changed the age 60 rule we would be seeing numbers like that without early outs right now for years and years. The numbers really are eye opening when you look at them on paper.