Originally Posted by
GuardPolice
This is way too dramatic, shows your naïveté about the industry, and is unnecessary fear-mongering. Furloughing? Come on, man, tone it down a bit. Mainline has been offering their version of TOWOP each of the last few years. As flying schedules change because of our hyper-focused marketing folks, staffing needs change. So, TOWOP is the shock absorber so the airlines don’t do expensive furloughing. They will also allow attrition to thin your pilot list before furloughing.
I don't think there will be a big amount of takers for TOWOP, considering it is the holidays and people usually spend a ton of money. It isn't a big stretch to think furloughs may happen soon, considering the cost of our pilot group and the gross overage of pilots.