Hiring Slowdown
12-29-2023, 12:00 PM
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Hiring Slowdown
“Overall, we'll see the level of training activity taper off as we head into 2024, as our pilot hiring number will only hit about 1,100 (and I say "only" somewhat tongue-in-cheek, because remember that any other year, hiring 1,100 pilots would be considered an incredibly high number) - but I have to give such a huge shout-out to the training team for their incredible work this year.”
Cutting hiring in half. Is UAL slowing down their hiring?
Cutting hiring in half. Is UAL slowing down their hiring?
12-29-2023, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by fishforfun
“Overall, we'll see the level of training activity taper off as we head into 2024, as our pilot hiring number will only hit about 1,100 (and I say "only" somewhat tongue-in-cheek, because remember that any other year, hiring 1,100 pilots would be considered an incredibly high number) - but I have to give such a huge shout-out to the training team for their incredible work this year.”
Cutting hiring in half. Is UAL slowing down their hiring?
Cutting hiring in half. Is UAL slowing down their hiring?
12-29-2023, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by 9easy
My guess - Delta is betting on a mild recession next year along with age 67. Add to that - they might be running out of qualified people to interview and the only other choice would be to lower standards.
12-29-2023, 03:27 PM
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My assumptions and guess are this is more money-driven than anything. We are waaaaay over-staffed compare to the historical norms. Tapping the breaks allows profits to remain strong in a potential "down" year of revenues, allows the candidate pool to build back up some and then allows us to hit it hard again in 2025 as the MAXes start to show up. 1100 is still a great number to be sure.
12-29-2023, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by TNDeltaFlyboy
My assumptions and guess are this is more money-driven than anything. We are waaaaay over-staffed compare to the historical norms. Tapping the breaks allows profits to remain strong in a potential "down" year of revenues, allows the candidate pool to build back up some and then allows us to hit it hard again in 2025 as the MAXes start to show up. 1100 is still a great number to be sure.
12-29-2023, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 170Till5
Delta doesn’t have a WB aircraft order, that’s why they are slowing down hiring. UA isn’t slowing down hiring in 2024 because they are receiving a new NB plane every 3 days in 2024 and WB orders on top of that
Maybe the slowdown in hiring is due to the fact we’ve minted something like 5000 new first officers since COVID, and with the coming deliveries and subsequent wide body movement, training resources will be fully allocated to upward movement.
12-29-2023, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by First Break
Except we are take something like 35 A330s and A350s in the next 24 months, as well as about 100 more NEOS, and when those stop the MAX will start showing up. None of that takes into account the long anticipated forthcoming WB order. And we have seen WBA approach post-merger hires and the junior bidders SSN is dropping like a rock on every bid. This sort of movement hasn’t happened for decades, if ever in the history of Delta.
Maybe the slowdown in hiring is due to the fact we’ve minted something like 5000 new first officers since COVID, and with the coming deliveries and subsequent wide body movement, training resources will be fully allocated to upward movement.
Maybe the slowdown in hiring is due to the fact we’ve minted something like 5000 new first officers since COVID, and with the coming deliveries and subsequent wide body movement, training resources will be fully allocated to upward movement.
12-29-2023, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by TNDeltaFlyboy
My assumptions and guess are this is more money-driven than anything. We are waaaaay over-staffed compare to the historical norms. Tapping the breaks allows profits to remain strong in a potential "down" year of revenues, allows the candidate pool to build back up some and then allows us to hit it hard again in 2025 as the MAXes start to show up. 1100 is still a great number to be sure.
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