Originally Posted by johnso29

I guess I'll have to spell it out for you. A reduction in Delta Air Lines capacity does not always equate to a reduction in mainline capacity. IDK why, but a lot of people here seem to have a tough time comprehending that. When management is speaking to investors WRT capacity, a reduction in domestic capacity includes RJ flying.

Yes, there will be a further reduction in capacity over the Atlantic. That's no suprise though. Yields across the Atlantic blow, and they have for years. That's why Virgin Atlantic, Air France/KLM, Lufthansa, etc are losing money. So why would you want your employer to expand into a market that is a losing proposition? Just so you can upgrade, only to be pushed back to the right seat due to annual losses and furloughs?

Now, absolutely no where did I "Rah rah" a reduction in capacity. I simply started "Bye-bye more 50 seaters." If you twisted that into anything other then the words that were typed, that's on you. What I do "Rah-rah", is a management team that has the foresight to know what actions need to be taken in order to make our airline(and industry) a profitable one. It's obvious the method of injecting capacity at rapid rates is a flawed/failed method at best. The foresight of our management team has prevented furloughs over the last several years. Remember in 2009 when UAL furloughed over 1000 pilots? Or when CAL furloughed? Or Us Air? Or Alaska? Or how AA still had hundreds on furlough? Heck, even the ULCC Spirit furloughed. And Delta furloughed 0 pilots. But obviously none of that is relevant to you. You live in a fantasy land where losses aren't real, growth can happen any time, and economics play no part in the way a business runs. RA and the gang are just being mean & sticking it to the pilots, right?

I'm sorry you don't like my suggestion on leaving. You don't seem happy here though, so I'm not sure why.