Originally Posted by
Banja
Truth is, would it really be a positive thing for the industry to have 2,500 furloughed pilots on the street looking for and taking jobs at first year FO pay at another regional? Talk about a major shift backwards in longevity and a massive windfall for mainline management. Time to re-evaluate what would have really been "good" for the industry. I was willing to call Delta's bluff, but many weren't in a place to take that chance on rolling the dice with their careers.
Guys like fly sooner are just looking at their personal situation. They were counting on getting 9E's airplanes and moving up just as they did when Comair shut down. They could give two $hits about a few thousand pilots hitting the streets