Originally Posted by
sailingfun
If they don’t hire in the fall they will need to restructure aircraft deliveries or park airframes and tell marketing they can’t fly the business plan. 250 displacements is not the big deal some are claiming. A much smaller training department handled massive displacements and retirements in the early 2000 era. Hiring will be driven by the block hour plan for next summer not by training.
Far more important will be the price of jet fuel in determing hiring. Jet fuel will directly drive marketing’s block hour plan.
Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Strange how when pilots can’t argue with facts they go to personal attacks.
No, you just choose to pick and choose what you respond to. First you claim the block hour program is driven by marketing and that jet fuel prices drive marketing. But now apparently a leased plane vs. a paid for plane is what's important in the decision on which planes to park and which to fly. You conveniently overlook the fact that while the 88s are indeed paid for; they are not efficient, they are uncomfortable for passengers, they are costly to maintain, and do not have the technology to fly everywhere DAL would like to fly them.
As for personal insults, I disagree. You stated that you're just repeating what management has said, that is the very definition of a mouthpiece. If you don't like the accurate characterization then change the behavior that earned it.