Originally Posted by
higney85
For some reason it seems very apparent that the company wants to get to 81 airplanes as quickly as possible via natural attrition. Why? I don't know. I've asked and been told "it's in the business plan and the plan is good". Of course this is from folks who don't have a spot on the seniority list or are even pilots for that matter, but when I ask "why" the answer remains that 81 airplanes is where we will be and its a good thing. Asking "what happens when we get close to 81 and attrition still outpaces hiring?" Gets a "DL" controls hiring and they know all the attrition details. So who knows. Guys are bailing to CPZ and PSA, CA's are going to DL and other majors, some are leaving the industry, some are going to LCC's. In the end, it's all speculation. Nobody would have forecasted all the industry changes 2 years ago and been spot on for each carrier across the regional industry.
Not to stir the pot, but DL isn't stupid at this shell game. Unfortunately, nobody knows the current playbook to do anything but speculate and make decisions based on personal views and positions.
Delta runs a great mainline operation, but they can't manage a regional. It's been that way for almost two decades now, with almost every defunct regional over that time period having been DCI associated. They think what works for big D, works for DCI, but it doesn't work that way.