Retirements in the regionals
12-07-2009, 04:08 AM
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Piedmont doesn't! Our first retirement isn't scheduled until 1/23/2013 and that is our Chief Pilot. So really that doesn't count because he doesn't fly.
Piedmont is scheduled to have 7 in 2013, 3 in 2014, 5 in 2015, 10 in 2016, 12 in 2017, and 9 in 2018.
This airline has a lot of older pilots that are not very old. (Mid to late 50's)
Our number 1 guy who has been here 32 years will not retire until September 2017 making 40 years with a regional.
Granted this is if these guys can make it that long. I am sure the decades of flying with "inexperienced" pilots, doing 4-6 legs a day, eating airport food and or Piedmont crew meals, and complaining about their low pay will probably cause them to retire early. Lets hope so!
Piedmont is scheduled to have 7 in 2013, 3 in 2014, 5 in 2015, 10 in 2016, 12 in 2017, and 9 in 2018.
This airline has a lot of older pilots that are not very old. (Mid to late 50's)
Our number 1 guy who has been here 32 years will not retire until September 2017 making 40 years with a regional.
Granted this is if these guys can make it that long. I am sure the decades of flying with "inexperienced" pilots, doing 4-6 legs a day, eating airport food and or Piedmont crew meals, and complaining about their low pay will probably cause them to retire early. Lets hope so!
12-07-2009, 04:17 AM
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Piedmont doesn't! Our first retirement isn't scheduled until 1/23/2013 and that is our Chief Pilot. So really that doesn't count because he doesn't fly.
Piedmont is scheduled to have 7 in 2013, 3 in 2014, 5 in 2015, 10 in 2016, 12 in 2017, and 9 in 2018.
This airline has a lot of older pilots that are not very old. (Mid to late 50's)
Our number 1 guy who has been here 32 years will not retire until September 2017 making 40 years with a regional.
Granted this is if these guys can make it that long. I am sure the decades of flying with "inexperienced" pilots, doing 4-6 legs a day, eating airport food and or Piedmont crew meals, and complaining about their low pay will probably cause them to retire early. Lets hope so!
Piedmont is scheduled to have 7 in 2013, 3 in 2014, 5 in 2015, 10 in 2016, 12 in 2017, and 9 in 2018.
This airline has a lot of older pilots that are not very old. (Mid to late 50's)
Our number 1 guy who has been here 32 years will not retire until September 2017 making 40 years with a regional.
Granted this is if these guys can make it that long. I am sure the decades of flying with "inexperienced" pilots, doing 4-6 legs a day, eating airport food and or Piedmont crew meals, and complaining about their low pay will probably cause them to retire early. Lets hope so!
12-07-2009, 04:21 AM
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I thought it stayed the same once you hit 25 years but I had a captain tell me it goes up $0.50 or something every year past "the max." Not sure if this was true but that is what he told me.
12-07-2009, 04:43 AM
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The large number retirements are all going to be at the majors for the next 5 years. While there are still some retirements from "lifers" at the regionals, it will many years until the retirement numbers grow at regionals. If I had to pick one regional that will have the most retirements in the next 10 years or so, it's Eagle.
12-07-2009, 04:48 AM
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This thread peaked my curiosity so I checked out our seniority list at Comair. We have one retirement in 2012, in 2013 it looks like about a dozen give or take. After that it flattens out. But we will be long gone as a company by then so it doesn't matter.
Comair is like piedmont. Alot of guys very senior that are only in their 50's.
Comair is like piedmont. Alot of guys very senior that are only in their 50's.
12-07-2009, 07:30 AM
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Since regionals did not exist in their current form 20 years ago and commuters were much smaller, there are only a handful of old commuter pilots anywhere near retirement.
It should pick up a bit in 20 years or so, but I would guess the average age is around thirty...the big surge will be in the 2040's. If airplanes haven't been banned by the global warmers by then.
It should pick up a bit in 20 years or so, but I would guess the average age is around thirty...the big surge will be in the 2040's. If airplanes haven't been banned by the global warmers by then.
12-07-2009, 07:38 AM
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Since regionals did not exist in their current form 20 years ago and commuters were much smaller, there are only a handful of old commuter pilots anywhere near retirement.
It should pick up a bit in 20 years or so, but I would guess the average age is around thirty...the big surge will be in the 2040's. If airplanes haven't been banned by the global warmers by then.
It should pick up a bit in 20 years or so, but I would guess the average age is around thirty...the big surge will be in the 2040's. If airplanes haven't been banned by the global warmers by then.
12-07-2009, 08:15 AM
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I was curious too, so I crunched the numbers at Eagle for the next 15 years (all things remaining the same) from our latest unofficial seniority list:
Year Retirements
2012 1
2013 24
2014 22
2015 31
2016 27
2017 29
2018 29
2019 45
2020 47
2021 61
2022 66
2023 68
2024 60
2025 86
Total of 596 over the next 15 years if all wait until age 65.
Year Retirements
2012 1
2013 24
2014 22
2015 31
2016 27
2017 29
2018 29
2019 45
2020 47
2021 61
2022 66
2023 68
2024 60
2025 86
Total of 596 over the next 15 years if all wait until age 65.
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