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Pilots Future After Fleet Retirement

Kubik From Croatia, joined Apr 2007, 71 posts, RR: 0
Posted (3 years 9 months 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1906 times:

It has been striking me for a long time. What happens to the pilot when his fleet of planes is retired from an airline? Is an airline getting them a new training on a new type or they just simply leave for another airline or retire all together?

Kubik

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MMEPHX From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (3 years 9 months 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1890 times:

Quoting Kubik (Thread starter):
It has been striking me for a long time. What happens to the pilot when his fleet of planes is retired from an airline? Is an airline getting them a new training on a new type or they just simply leave for another airline or retire all together?

Unless they want to retire or leave they are generally retrained on the new type. No reason for not retraining, the basics of flight are always the same, all the pilot is doing is getting specific training on the systems & procedures of a specific aircraft.

Columba From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 6799 posts, RR: 5
Reply 2, posted (3 years 9 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1817 times:

Most A300 pilots with LH are now flying A330/A340s....

It will forever be a McDonnell Douglas MD 80 , Boeing MD 80 sounds so wrong

Kubik From Croatia, joined Apr 2007, 71 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (3 years 9 months 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 1607 times:

Quoting Columba (Reply 2):

How it is with SQ 747 crew and in near future with CX pilots?

Kubik

Jayspilot From United States of America, joined May 2001, 290 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (3 years 9 months 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 1517 times:

at most airlines and all airliens with a union, a pilot has a company senority number and that seniorty number allows them to hold the position they bid as long as the position is not filled by people senior to them. Right now at american airlines this is happening with the retirement of their Airbus 300 fleet. The pilots of the Airbus 300 are bidding other positions that they choose and will be assigned the positions by their senority. If the most senior person in the entire company new the a300 and now bid the 777 that pilot would bump down the most senior 777 pilot and would become the most senior 777 pilot. Pilot bidding also depends a lot on the city the airplane is based in relative to where they live.

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