All Airlines retirement #'s
04-28-2006, 11:39 AM
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All Airlines retirement #'s
I don't know if this was covered before, and if it was can someone direct me to the thread? If not, then I am wondering what percentages and or numbers of retirements are looming for all the airlines in the next couple of years. Does anyone know the different airlines and their forecasts?
04-28-2006, 11:50 AM
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I have seen these numbers tossed around, but can't swear that they are accurate:
US Airways (Legacy, not including AWA): 50% retirement in 5 years.
CAL: 50% retirement in 10 years.
US Airways (Legacy, not including AWA): 50% retirement in 5 years.
CAL: 50% retirement in 10 years.
04-28-2006, 12:44 PM
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Hey thanks for the info guys. I don't really care for Air Inc, since I never agreed with what they are about, and feel that they are not totally specific and therefore mislead the public about who really is and is not hiring, just to get (keep) subscriptions.
I wonder what percentage of those on furlough (collectively) would come back? I would assume that there are those that have either gotten another job and wont go back, resigned their seniority #, have given up on the industry or have retired.
Does anyone have a good guess or a feel for what the scene will look like in the next couple of years when you factor in the above with the attrition of those still flying and any possible further industry consolidation?
Hell I hear that new pilot training is down at the flight schools and if that is so, I feel that in about 4-5 years you could have a possible shortage of guys out there. Any thoughts anyone?
I wonder what percentage of those on furlough (collectively) would come back? I would assume that there are those that have either gotten another job and wont go back, resigned their seniority #, have given up on the industry or have retired.
Does anyone have a good guess or a feel for what the scene will look like in the next couple of years when you factor in the above with the attrition of those still flying and any possible further industry consolidation?
Hell I hear that new pilot training is down at the flight schools and if that is so, I feel that in about 4-5 years you could have a possible shortage of guys out there. Any thoughts anyone?
04-28-2006, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by preludespeeder
At my flight school the FAA students are dwindling because the loan companies figured out that new FO's at a regional could not afford the new payment every month. Go figure.
04-29-2006, 11:42 AM
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dont think this is a good thing tho, this is exactly what managment wants in order to slim down there companies. they wont hire that many new people, there eventually just gonna slowly move all the pilots up to the international routes and start ditching the overcrowded domestic routes
04-29-2006, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by hatetobreakit2u
dont think this is a good thing tho, this is exactly what managment wants in order to slim down there companies. they wont hire that many new people, there eventually just gonna slowly move all the pilots up to the international routes and start ditching the overcrowded domestic routes
If management wanted to slim down their domestic routs they wont have to wait for pilots to retire. They would simply park airplanes and furlough pilots. Besides, International flights need to get fed from domestic flights. This is what doomed Pan Am. They had a great international system but lacked domestic feed.
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