Originally Posted by flap

Bond has nothing to do with it. If you were to rerun the distribution program using 65 instead of 60, there would be very little difference overall. It would simply use a 5 year extension for all the pilots.

I am not unsympathetic. I get it. The point is, 65 didn't cause the furloughees, it only identified them. No consolation of course if you were on the bottom, and hiring stopped due to 65, and you stayed on the bottom.

If they announced 70 today, do you think every airline would announce furloughs or do you think they would alter hiring plans based on the new projected attrition?