avi8tor220

Hoping as an early 17 hire, I can snag any left seat in NYC.

DWC CAP10 USAF

They were awarded to Jan 2018 hires pre-Covid MOAB, so I’d say you got a shot!

Eldee5

There is no measure to how much 2020 has been an emotional roller coaster. Captain to maybe furlough to maybe Captain again for some...plus everything else.

Bergman

Indeed. And if 2020 taught me anything, it’s pay cash for as much as possible. Debt free is a great airline life.

Flying Monkey

Indeed. My wife and I had been on the cusp of being debt free. That last PS check and the looming pandemic sealed the deal. Never looking back, whilst driving my cash car.

Dave would be so proud......

DALMD88FO

Actually we had guys go from Capt to furloughee in the post 911 furlough. I know people don't want to admit that the guys flying 737 Capt down in the MCO operation were "real" Delta Captains but the upgrade time was less than two years and a some ended up hitting the streets on furlough.

The bigger difference is that they did get furloughed and it took over a decade to get back to Capt.

MitchRapp

If you look at the "Count pilots senior" function on iCrew I'd say it is very likely. A lot of those have qualifiers and the total pilots column consists of all bids, including those with multiple.

If 7-800 A's plus the wide body slots is actually close then I'd say we'll hit 18 hires. If not on this bid then by years end.

FangsF15

Out of curiosity, I went to look at the Jan 2020 AE that got cancelled that was pretty huge. it had 102 WB A's, plus 20 ER A's, plus 304 NB A's. That's a total of 426 A's. There was a lot of movement on that bid, including (I think, didn't count) hundreds of WB B's as contingent vacancies that weren't even posted as open.

The previous MOAB was March 2019, it had 648 A"s, 200 of which were WB A's.

If this, or rumored numbers up to 800A's on this upcoming April AE are true, it will have epic movement. It really all depends on how much they open the aperture for the WB A's, and the associated cascade. I suspect they may be a little conservative, and hold some WB A's back for now, as they wait and see how Int'l comes back.

As Always, BWYWWWYB. And Just because there is no vacancy, does NOT mean there won't be slots to fill in that category.

Denny Crane

Sorry it took so long. I got called out on a trip and forgot.

‘There were 196+ or - total (depending on my count accuracy &#128512. Some were held over for a year like me and others were held over for a few months till they turned 65 or were displaced.

Denny

JamesBond

debt is slavery... ANY debt.