You mentioned that and you said that you suspect that…your suspicion is incorrect. Airlines don’t care how old a pilot is, they know their expected retirement date. But things change, people retire early, they get sick, they get hurt and can’t fly anymore. So there are additional variables.

I’m not a UPS pilot but I can make an educated guess based on my 20+ years in the industry: If an airline has a seat to fill, say a captain retired. They will have a vacancy for 1–let’s say MD-11 captain. So a 767 captain puts his bid in for the MD-11 and if his seniority can hold it they will be awarded that position. And in a few weeks or months he will start training on the new airplane. But now there is a vacancy for a 767 captain, so an MD-11 first officer bids for that position and if his seniority can hold it he will be awarded that position and in a few weeks or months he will start training on the new airplane. But now the airline has an empty seat in the MD-11. They need to hire a first officer, so they do and in a few weeks or months he will start training at UPS as an MD-11 first officer.

It is very much like this except 10 or 20 times the number of pilots, or more.

Any airline trains pilots based on need…a new hire that starts today would be trained on the MD-11 if there was a need. Clearly not a need right now, but if they get flying again and there is a vacancy (or need for pilots) on it, a vacancy bid will be sent out showing the need for pilots.