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Delta to retire 7600 pilots in next 15 years

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243 pilots on recall bypass who 90% have indicated they will return in December, which is the 10 year point from the initial 9/11 furlough. Around 800 are actively on mil leave and medical who will eventually return as well. Wish it was better news.
Shenanigans!

Odds are, they will have less return than committed. Not sure by what %, but it will be less than 243. As far as the 800 on various leaves, you really can't count that as a solid "returning" number as people rotate in and out of leave at will.
 
You seem to forget that Delta had more than 10,000 pilots on its seniority list pre 2001. How many pilots were at Delta pre-merger? Management does not have to replace retirees jobs.

Didn't 2000 Delta guys leave for retirement? And there is still a limit on 70/76 seaters, with tons of 50 seaters leaving the fleet. So, if you want to compete with United, the biggest airline in the World now, and then Southwest in ATL via Airtran, I would think you'd have to keep or grow your fleet size. Make sense? Sure it does.


OYS
 
Didn't 2000 Delta guys leave for retirement? And there is still a limit on 70/76 seaters, with tons of 50 seaters leaving the fleet. So, if you want to compete with United, the biggest airline in the World now, and then Southwest in ATL via Airtran, I would think you'd have to keep or grow your fleet size. Make sense? Sure it does.


OYS

When do airlines ever do things that make sense?
 
When do airlines ever do things that make sense?

You mean, makes sense to us. What they do makes perfect sense if you realize their value structure.

Southwest is the only airline that you could say actually values its employee's lives in their top 5 priorities.
 

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