Originally Posted by Big E 757

If this did happen, which I don't think is in the realm of possibility, personally. I don't see how we could take on 60 more Airbii, and not take the pilots. I think we have 4 sims, there is nooooo way we could train enough guys to take that operation over without the pilots. Some of those aircraft would sit for years before we had the guys to operate them, thus negating any benefit of buying them in the first place.

I'm not advocating leaving their pilots twisting in the wind, just speaking from a practical, objective standpoint.