AIRTRAN Retirement numbers?????

[General Lee]

For SWA comps through 2020:
2010: 1 FO
2011: 6 FO
2012: 4 CA, 10 FO
2013: 117 CA, 1 FO
2014: 103 CA
2015: 137 CA, 1 FO
2016: 148 CA, 9 FO
2017: 143 CA, 6 FO
2018: 97 CA, 9 FO
2019: 119 CA, 18 FO
2020: 132 CA, 20 FO
Total: 1,000 CA, 81 FO

HEY BEST FRIENDS. How do you know 81 FOs will retire by 2020? Are they not upgradable? Are they the SWA pilots that frequent FI? Just wondering MY BROTHERS!!!! YOU GUYS ROCK!

Regardless, ALL OF YOU ARE FANTASTIC PEOPLE. JUST TOP NOTCH DUDES. If you have ANY time today, please oh please do something nice for someone or something, like NOT bringing in your own candy at a Movie theatre. Hey, those guys have to make a profit somehow! See ya!


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Bwipilot]

General Lee--easy answer: they will turn 65 before 2020 and are FOs at the current time. They might upgrade to Captain before retirement. Some of them retired from US and came to SWA for the last 10 years. They figured out they could make more money starting over at SWA than at US--and have a better life at the same time. I've flown with a couple and they're pretty solid guys.

 

[MILPILOT17]

He's not very bright?