Originally Posted by
Sliceback
With the hours line pilots are producing(second only to SW among the major airlines from the data I saw a couple of years ago), and the company making money, you think we're going to shrink by almost a third??
If they get scope relief? Absolutely! Gradually turn over international routes to code-share or foreign subsidiaries with labor costs 40% lower than mainline. Get an unlimited number of 90-seat RJ's flown at similarly lower labor costs.