Originally Posted by
Big E 757
Don't kid yourself. It could happen tomorrow!! Read that again, before you start spending every penny of your new Captains check every month.
You've been blessed since you've been here. I don't care how fast upgrades here are right now, compared to the rest of the big four. If/when things turn south, and I'm sure they will again, and the backwards slide happens again, you don't want to have to start selling assets and disrupting your family's life just to pay your bills, if you get bumped back to the right seat.
Has anyone really looked at the other issue DAL, UAL and AA are going to face in a few years? Forget the Black Swan, what happens when there are no longer 1,000 pilots a year to hire (at each... and don't forget the others)? It is likely going to happen in a few years.
When the economy turns the company comes after pay rates, when staffing becomes an issue they come after work rules. Delta could easily operate with 3K less pilots if they got rid of a few days off here and there, go to min duty instead of min calendar... and on and on. Keep an eye out.