Well, their hiring projections fall off a cliff starting next year, whereas all the other majors are talking about going full speed ahead through 2026-2029...

Right, but that’s not shrinking by any means.
Any staffing projections are a guess at this point. If regionals shrink further, that gets offset at mainline=more mainline jobs. All the previously forecasted mainline aircraft retirements have been adjusted, which nets more hulls in the short to medium term now.

Lol. Not sure many “other majors” have been hiring 200+ a month for a year. We are cutting back, yes but it’ll be on pace with every other airline. Nice chicken little theory though.

UAL has been for over a year now, and they say that they plan to continue that pace until 2028. American has been going that or better since March, and had indicated that will continue through at least 2025. If you don't think UA and AA count as majors then maybe cut back on the Delta Dust (kool-aid) a bit... 🤣

If you add up UAL's hiring targets over the next decade it totals about 15,000 vs. about 5,000 for Delta near as I can tell. That's a lot more people coming in below me if I can get to UAL than is have at DL...

UA has been doing weekly classes of 60-75 for the last several months. So yeah, they ARE indeed hiring 200+ a month. But yeah, if Daddy D is your goal and plan to go there between tomorrow and before the decade is over, prepare to be a career first officer and at best a NB CA, that’s all your seniority is gonna get you.

People are upgrading on the 737 and 220 inside a year right now in NY.

There’s another 40 330/350 still to hit the line as well. That’s around 1200 more widebody pilots…

I’m already at “Daddy D.” Question: since you know everything, how many has Daddy D hired this year? I’m in my mid 30s, been here the better part of a decade, and I’m a captain sitting at about 60%.

The statements in this thread stink of regional lifers trying to paint a miserable picture for everyone else. IIRC, you were an AWAC pilot a decade ago right? I’ll add to that—if you are who I think you are the fact that you even have the opportunity to flow to a major is a blessing for you.

Nope not me. I have moved on from this place and didn’t need a flow to do so. If you got hired at DL close to a decade ago, then I was a still a CFI when you got hired.