Originally Posted by
thatwasclose
I am mid table. Since November 1 I have moved up 38 numbers. Since then we have hired 95 more people to the list. Thats a net gain of 57 pilots. I am sure a few people below me have left as well. But lets just presume that there are none. That means 40% of all new hires are replacing pilots who have left. How many airframes have arrived since November 1 and how many pilots do we staff per airplane at this wonderfully organised company?
That looks to me like a 3% attrition rate which has to be acceptable to an Airline. With the cyclical nature of hiring and retiring I think the normal range can go up to 10% during a retirement bulge.