Originally Posted by
whatsitdoinnow
I think a new concern for the junior/younger folk should be furlough. If Iran keeps farting around with the strait of Hormouse or Israel does something about the Nuke program over there, $200.00/ barrel oil is not out of the question. It seems almost certain some sort of conflict will erupt over there, sometime this year. Think not only about Delta's fuel costs but the world economies and how many people/ business people will continue to fly.
That's not a concern for just junior people. That's a concern for everyone. It will effect EVERY pilot on the DAL seniority list in a negative way. Plus, I think it's more of a concern for older guys, since many are scrambling to pay off college for their kids and scrape together some kind of retirement before they hit 65. Younger people will have more time to recover.