We are overmanned and have been for a while....now for two big IFs, we can scoop up a bunch of maxes and if the public wants to fly it we can expand really fast by being overstaffed now. I think company will play it safe and not go too all in for cheap Max’s , I think they will get compensated either through a cheaper deal in the future or a bigger airframe.

GK being conservative I think would look into at least getting another fleet program up and running even if we don’t follow through with a purchase, that way if it’s further delayed or public really doesn’t forget we can recover, it will have another benefit of putting Boeing on notice. Whatever we save with single fleet type takes a massive cut when something like this happens, and this isn’t the first time 737 has been grounded for a while.

How long to get Airbus program up and running? I know we will fly it like a 300 but we can surely do it in less than a year.