Originally Posted by RyanP

Even if they don't furlough, there will still be stagnation from losing a bunch of aircraft. Then there will be the couple of years of complete uncertainty on everything else, uncertainty on the remaining fleet contracts, and the work group contracts WILL be altered. nobody gets off untouched in bankruptcy. How much? Who knows what they will come after, May be minor things with the pilots, may not be. If people think one specific group of the company gets off untouched in a bankruptcy, while everyone else gets hammered, you have got another thing coming. Why would a junior pilot stay and endure 2 years of that process when there are better options right now?

I've been through it at Eagle and seen exactly how this game goes. I was fairly senior and didn't leave, should have. It was very stressful times, with constant uncertainty, rumor, threats, consolidation, contract cuts, aircraft removals, low moral, massive stagnation and a small furlough. The junior guys that bailed are pretty much all way better off than me for staying. Pinnacle/Mesaba/Colgan people went through the same thing. Terrible stagnant place to be for years until things turned around.