Originally Posted by
Mitch Rapp05
Great point. You'd think if they allow this to play out in the long term via attrition and growth they'd ending saving a lot more money than displacing so many pilots short term. The gain doesn't seem to be worth it.
We saw 50% RSV coverage on the 76T in Denver last summer. That meant about 50 Captains and 50 FOs were getting paid 15K and 10K per month to do remodeling projects around the house. Not so bad this summer, but now 25- 757s are retiring just in the second half of this year. There are big costs associated with not displacing as well. In fact, Mr. Papaleo seems to think the benefits of this displacement will far outweigh the costs, or so he says.