Originally Posted by
freightguy
9. Cathay does have a bunch of wide-bodies on order. I would check their retirement numbers to see how fast you move. DAL: do a search in the APC forums for their seniority movement. Not too bad....fairly good movement if you get hired now.
The #'s posted earlier are a just a bit off (not much though). Here is the whole list as of the May 2010 Projected Retirements list for age 65 from the company website.
2010 - 3
2011 - 8
2012 - 19
2013 - 102
2014 - 162
2015 - 224
2016 - 301
2017 - 360
2018 - 456
2019 - 538
2020 - 624
2021 - 807
2022 - 860
2023 - 812
2024 - 810
2025 - 714
2026 - 618
2027 - 514
2028 - 499
2029 - 489
2030 - 524
2031 - 460
2032 - 372
2033 - 307
2034 - 223
2035 - 165
2036 - 160
2037 - 124
2038 - 103
2039 - 86
2040 - 85
2041 - 71
2042 - 66
2043 - 48
2044 - 31
2045 - 27
2046 - 10
2047 - 4
2048 - 1