Originally Posted by
dragon man
220 pilots to retire ? Not a chance they won’t even get that many without a good VR.
Not just mainline, across the group as well. There’ll probably be a lot of other pilots, not only from the 747, who’ll hang up the hat if it looks like it’ll be a few years before getting back into the saddle. I’m told quite a few are ready to retire, they’re just waiting to see if a VR will be offered, but will go anyway if one isn’t.
There’ll also be a small number who take LWOP, much smaller than 2014 due to worldwide aviation being in a downturn but some do have other things lined up they can do for a few years.
In 2014 AIPA said the
VR package on offer wasn’t enough, but evidently it was because enough took it in the end.