Originally Posted by
flybynuts
Off thread a little more but is there a furlough rumor going around UA? Something about parking the 757s and the 319s? Redux in flying about 9.5%?
Parking 97 757's and 55 A319's would probably represent more that 9.5% according to the back of my napkin.
I'm guessing there are a couple bits of info that have "merged" into one rumor.
Phred is going around the CAL system telling the pilots that UA could reduce flying on the 757 and 319 if necessary. Of course, he is also telling the UA pilots that CAL could reduce 767 and 737 flying. Go figure.
However, there is a
very real block-hour reduction this fall of about 4.5% systemwide on the UA side. This represents the annual seasonal reduction and also accommodates the very aggressive narrowbody painting schedule that was announced several months ago. Some of the widebody fleets will actually experience a slight increase in block hours so certain narrow body bases will exceed 4.5%.
IMHO, combine Phred's comments with the very real block hour reduction and a new rumor is virtually inevitable.