Originally Posted by Pineapple Guy

Of course, the 2000 month comment was a joke. Having said that, I've followed retirement rates for a long, long time. Historically, at DAL, prior to the age 65 change, and the "run on the bank" exodus of guys fleeing to get their lump sum, we had about 1%/year leave the seniority list for anything other than mandatory retirement. With the current list and age 65, I'd suspect that will be a bit higher. I'm guessing we'll average about 180-200/year PLUS age 65 retirements for the foreseeable future. Based on that, here are my total separations for the next few years:

2010: 40
2011: 190
2012: 220
2013: 310
2014: 360