FAPA's method of tracking U.S. major airline pilot hiring leads to double-counting, since pilots at smaller carriers defect to larger carriers. FAPA estimates the double-counting to be no greater than 15% of the total reported. Future retirements will be the predominate driver of future hiring. Click here to view FAPA's Age 65 retirement chart.

Airline	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	Totals

Airline	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	YTD
Alaska Airlines	0	0	0	0	0	0							0
Allegiant Air	0	0	0	0	0	0							0
American Airlines	190	157	157	65	37	0							606
Atlas Air	0	0	0	0	0	0							0
Delta Air Lines	194	102	183	21	0	0							500
FedEx	0	0	0	0	0	0							0
Frontier	39	38	32	16	6	0							131
Hawaiian Airlines Numbers from May-August are estimates.	10	20	10	8	0	0							48
JetBlue	0	0	0	0	0	0							0
Southwest Airlines	17	0	0	14	0	0							31
Spirit Airlines	0	0	0	0	0	0							0
UPS Airlines	20	0	22	15	27	31							115
United Airlines	133	236	157	180	29	24							759
TOTALS	603	553	561	319	99	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	2190

Airline	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	Totals