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Originally Posted by Redbird611
Congratulations! You have a decision to make that many would envy. According to ALPA, in 2014 UAL hired 357 while DAL hired 964. This year I believe hiring has been fairly similar. Audries Aircraft Analysis projects that a pilot hired this year might reach 50 % seniority at UAL in 2025, while DAL is predicted at 2023. There are projected pilot retirements for each year through about 2030 on the airline profiles on Airline Pilot Central.
With that said, I think seniority progression will be pretty amazing at either airline, so I'd focus on which Company you think will be more successful or which has the better domiciles for your situation.
Hey man, thanks! I do feel blessed. I have looked at the retirements, but I think DAL data stops at 2027. What I wasn't sure of, was how much hiring had already happened and how that will affect your line number. The pool depth should be accounted for. I know UAL wants to hire 1600 over the next 2 years, and I thought they had hired about the same this yr, but its about a 9-10 week wait for a class...not 7-8 months like DAL.
UAL gave me some nuggets at the interview. About 2500 retirements in 5, 4900 in 10, and virtually the entire seniority list exhausted in 20 years. I am thinking DAL probably has an average pilot age younger than UAL but I could be wrong. So while the progression will be comparable over the next 10-15 years, after that does one continue while another stagnates? Guess that is what I am trying to figure out.