Originally Posted by
sulkair
So how does this play out? A slow drawdown over the next 18 to 36 months? I mean there isn't, at current, anywhere else to put all these pilots.
I don't want to be naive - I get what's happening - I just want to get my head around what this might look like going forward. Do I plan my life based on message board rumor - well I was going to say no - but IT ISN'T LIKE THE COMPANY EVER TELLS YOU SQUAT. And as for the latest internal emails - they are so politically framed with carefully hedged doublespeak I don't know what to believe.
Disclaimer - I'm not the sharpest tool either.
I appeal to the Zoo's and Bolo's of this board. Draft an outline, your best guess as to what the next 3 years looks like. Or 5
And to the smart @$$ess out there... Here, I'll save you the trouble and say it for you... "What'd you think would happen Sulk, you brainiac? You're going to Trenton boy!!!!"
...actually I think those were Bolo's exact words to me the day after I got hired so I'm without excuse LOL!
The next 4 years:
2015- They assure people Denver will be a strong part of the airline. ORD and TTN will continue growth. Other bases will open.
2016- More is taken from Denver. Continued growth in other point to point routes (like Spirit). Pilot negotiations start and go nowhere.
2017- IPO and/or merger. Denver shrunk to less than half it's present size.
2018- You wake up one morning and realize you should have stayed off the message boards and got a real education for a real profession. Oh, also fuel spikes and you're back to 2008 again.