Originally Posted by CBreezy

The first carrier to furlough in the current hiring environment will cease to exist in the future. If TSA starts to furlough, it would be my guess than most FOs would be gone before year's end. Then as Captains were displaced back to FOs, they'd start jumping ship for LCCs or the like.

I know we all like to think otherwise, but management isn't stupid. They know this. Not to mention that if you can lease a 145 and it would cost you less per seat to fill it than a 175/700, the powers that be WILL utilize it. Mama United likes to put on a facade that they care about perform but let's all be 100% honest here. United couldn't care less about it as long as people keep buying tickets. They showed this during the winter months by canceling an obscene amount of flying. The only reason its tracked, in my opinion, is to help other carriers underbid but that's not the current environment. If it starts getting competitive again, TSA and Air Wis are in trouble...but this is a hiring free-for-all. Republic and Mesa, the typical underbidding companies, are focusing on Ejet hiring. As more 50 seaters come off lease, they will get even cheaper to fly which means any business saavy company can swoop in and fly them for next to nothing. Remember, Hulas is an Ivy League graduate. He may not be the nicest fellow to run an airline, but he surely isn't incompetant. He wants to make more money for himself and folding an operation would take a huge chunk away from his pocketbook.