Originally Posted by
30west
You all realize approx 1500 pilots retire at the combined airline in the next 5 years, it will take 2-3 to put a combined list together and start flying together best case. I will not be surprised to see hiring well before 5 years.
At Delta we had a list in about 3 months, and were flying together in 1 yr and 5 months after date of closing on the deal. What prevented furlough here was our 8 billion fleet types.