Originally Posted by
BladeRunner
Yes now, tomorrow is a different story. Do you honestly believe better economic times are ahead with the morons we have in government now. This all rides on the economy, I'm sorry but I don't have a warm and fuzzy about this. The bankruptcy game can and has been played at mainline also. Your scope isn't worth the paper it's printed on for that very reason. I seriously hope I am dead wrong on this. Time as always is the acid test.
I'm not getting into politics because it violates the rules of this forum. However, our scope clause along with our multiple layers of no furlough clauses prevented furloughs in 2009. Remember, this was after fuel spiked at $147 per barrel & the economy entered a recession? UAL, CAL, Us Air, AA furloughed while DAL did not. Management knew furloughs would incur massive costs which outweighed savings from furloughs. So while they can't stop furloughs 100% of the time, they do make furloughs much more expensive.
Also, management doesn't have a magic BK button they can push whenever they want savings. It's not that easy. It took 80+ years for Delta to enter BK. Delta was days from liquidation when they filed. And now there is way less pension obligation payments, much lower lease payments, lower labor costs, etc.
Furloughs are always a threat in this industry. It comes with the territory.