Concerning he attrition rate. I finally wrote stuff down. I am middle of the seniority list. Since may 15 I have moved up 15 numbers . It is July 29. There are 3600 pilots or so. May is bonus month, so I think from then till now is the highest attrition, that's a guess though. A few of them where retirement. It works out to be , at least from the middle of the list 3.3% . I can't imagine it's more below me as most of them will be f/o who I am sure are waiting for their command , while the guys at the bottom 25% will be fairly recent arrivals and would make little since to leave so soon.
For future reference the guy at the bottom of the list today, is a July 28 joiner and is number 3658 . Follow him as the year goes by and presto, we get a real attrition rate.