Originally Posted by
gojo
Well, if they are successful in shedding the E145s and the Qs how many pilots will they need? I'm not that familiar with Repubic, but to me it looks like there'll be a surplus of pilots if everyone stays. If that's true, does Republic hang on to them? Even if they do then who's going to want to stay knowing they're looking at years of reserve until the seniority list matches the amount of planes? I'm not aware of any airline bankruptcy that hasn't restructured their labor contracts. I hope this is the first, but usually they like to balance things out with natural attrition. And one way is by restructuring the contract only to address it later when they're getting close to their goals
Republic is saddled with a huge number of lifers that simply cost way too much money. Realistically, they're probably going to go after the senior captains for large pay concessions knowing full well that most have no other job prospects. It'll be "here's a 40% pay cut". Don't like it? "Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out". As an added bonus, BB still walks away unscathed because it's "the mean BK judge" that'll do his dirty work.