Originally Posted by
IFlyNFish
What percentage of the pilot list of AS guys were furloughed relative to DL, UAL, AA?
It doesn’t matter how many rounds, I’m curious what the relative percentage was.
Their furloughs may have been longer, but their upside is higher and we like to act like we were some sort of champion during those times and nothing bad happened, which is wrong. FedEx and SWA have those bragging rights but not AS.
We saw small growth relative to the length of our history. One or two flights a day to a few places.
All companies have been profitable at record levels for years now. Some went to BK to rid themselves of pensions. We gave it away. Which is better?
You're proving my point. AS did better, ie. shorter furloughs, growth, not taking the pension, than AA, UA, DL, in a depressed economy, than it's doing now, compared to those same airlines, in a prosperous economy. My only point is AS kind of hovers between the two worlds. Historically It's not been a top of industry airline but it also hasn't been in the basement during hard times. I'd rather be at 90% on the list at AS in a down economy than 90% at UAL. It may all change now with the amount of retirements but that's how I see it.