To be fair, his quoting of the amount of pilots was spot on.

However, a huge majority of stats he has posted are wrongly applied or downright irrelevant.

I was hired at Fedex in 1986. We all make mistakes. I don't cry about it constantly. His post just points out that your career is tied to the health of the company you work for. Another point this forum forgets. He also will eventually understand that a aviation career moves at different rates at different companies. I also find it a bit hard to believe that pilots hired the same time as he was are 757 CA's at CAL while all he can hold is the M88B. I think perhaps there is some personal choice in what he is flying.

I have had 2 SWA pilots ask me for a recommendation. They do not see much hope for advancement at SWA with the fleet plan flat for the next 5 years and no real retirements. Having said that I am not sure they will leave but they want to make sure they have the option if our hiring window opens up. Its a smart thing to do if your unhappy where you are!!!!!!

Thanks for the answer.

Would it be fair to say that those are your opinions of whether they are "wrongly" applied or "irrelevant."

So THAT'S what SD meant when he inferred that we would hire if we passed the TA:rolleyes:

I was hired in late 99 at NWA and merged in with DAL guys hired in Feb of 01. The only thing I could consistently hold a line every month on in ATL is the 88 or the 9. I'm still 1500 numbers below the most junior captain system-wide. I often fly with captains who think I'm exaggerating or just plain wrong when I tell them I'm still years away from a captain seat. Hopefully the 717 showing up will break the log jam. I also have a bro hired about the same time at CAL, who just got a 75/76 captain bid. He'll be giving up his 787 right seat to upgrade.

I was hired by AMR, and NWA before I interviewed with DAL. I would still have my retirement at AMR, be 2000 numbers junior to where I am now if I had gone to NWA. It is what it is, a crapshoot. Oh, they are hiring 400 FA's. Hiring isn't even being talked about for 2013 at all, because of MIL leave returnees and furlough bypasses expressing interest in coming back.

Have you noticed who went to 744B on the last bid here?

Hopefully we will hire some of the female pursuasion too.

Yep, even I was holding a line on the 767 second year on property. Not consistently, but the month we merged I was a line holder and somewhat junior to 80 Kts Clamp.