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Old 06-25-2016 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rp2pilot
You forgot SARS, $150 oil, and age 65
I forget lots of things these days.

We are living in interesting times in the industry, and UAL. We are taking deliveries of new airplanes, at a higher than expected rate, because the rest of the world is in a recession and they wanted to defer deliveries. We appear to be getting them for a smokin' deal. We also have lots of older aircraft that can be parked on schedule, or at an accelerated rate if circumstances dictated it.

Simultaneously, we are replacing RJ's with narrow bodies at the corporate level, and hiring too many pilots to staff the mainline.

Mainline COULD actually grow in the next downturn, but I would guess we would absorb some 70 seat RJ's at the mainline, and park 50 seaters faster. So instead of getting bumped to the street, maybe the more junior pilots will get bumped to RJ's, but at the mainline.

There will be change, and we get to participate.
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