Originally Posted by
FEtoFO
Why would he furlough? I could certainly see downgrades to staff the right seat, but most would leave after downgrade. why not just sale S5 to Delta and send the pilots that are on the certificate. I'm sure Delta would love to whipsaw again. Sounds like YX will be the surviving certificate anyways.
The attrition should preclude the need for any furloughs. However, by parking an entire fleet or two leaves a bunch of extra pilots on payroll doing nothing until they go through retraining. If there's one thing this company despises, it's paying pilots to sit at home doing nothing. That's why I suspect they would furlough even if it's out of seniority. The reverend has also spoken of pilots with more than 7 years longevity with disdain. Maybe he'll start furloughing from the top of the list. Gotta get rid of those expensive lifers. There's really no telling what kind of creative screw ups we have yet to see. We're talking about a management group with a scorched earth mentality.