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02-12-2016, 05:04 AM

#15051

ClickClickBoom

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Originally Posted by Terantious

Blah blah blah, the people at CAMI said the same thing about 65. According to the FAA guy we had in the jumpseat, 67 is coming whether you like it or not.

Heard it from ALPA my contact at ALPA national. If you think about it, why would the majors want to keep the most senior(expensive) guys on the payroll? It's about training events, they can't train all the new hires and retirement bid shufflers at the same time. The perfect storm has arrived, and there ain't no way they can fix it, no matter how bad they want to. Sims and facilities are expensive, way more expensive, cash and time wise.

02-12-2016, 05:17 AM

#15052

Terantious

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Originally Posted by ClickClickBoom

You're preaching to the choir there bud. I don't think anyone should be flying around at 67 so i hope it certainly is just another rumor that dissolves like fart in the wind. Just stating what information was given to me.

02-12-2016, 05:30 AM

#15053

ClickClickBoom

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Originally Posted by Terantious

Heard it said, "If they think I am gonna be dragging my roll-aboard through the MSP airport on my 67th bday, they are high and need to put the crack pipe down"

02-12-2016, 06:15 AM

#15054

flylowfast

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Couple newbie questions.....got my employee number the other day. Is that how many employees the company has hired since day one? If so, that's a lot!!
Also, how long is the wait to get your caas enrollment done so I can jumpseat? Thanks all. Looking forward to training

02-12-2016, 06:25 AM

#15055

zondaracer

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Originally Posted by flylowfast

CASS enrollment is pretty much right away but you'll need your company ID aTo jumpseat, which you'll get halfway through ground school.

02-12-2016, 06:44 AM

#15056

Squallrider

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Originally Posted by flylowfast

Yes that is how many employees they have hired, so that includes management, pilots, mechanics, gate agents, ramp agents, flight attendants etc etc. company has been around over 40 years so really it's not that much.

02-12-2016, 06:54 AM

#15057

rickair7777

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ClickClickBoom

True. 67 is probably coming. At least one country allows it now. ALPA represents the interests of senior mainline pilots so they'll be all over it, and the majors will NEED all the warm bodies they can get for a while. A few years ago, DAL got so backed up on training that they hired contract pilots who had retired early from DAL to fly some widebodies. ALPA let them do it because the alternative would have been to CANX flights and massive lost revenue.

The FAA might try to stall on safety grounds, but since people clearly live longer, healthier lives now than they did even 20 years ago I don't think they have a statistical leg to stand on. Plus they could easily tweak the statistics by requiring more frequent and/or more invasive medical exams.