Originally Posted by cadetdrivr

Nobody knows, and if they say they know they are lying. There are too many moving parts at this point.



COVID-19 may be a temporary blip or it may cause a global recession.



The MAX **should** be flying later this year or it might not.



The stock market may crater or it might bounce to new highs.



Fuel prices are low but we know how that can change.



For now, UAL is doing exactly what they said we would do and are continuing to hire this spring but at a slower pace since we are mostly staffed for summer 2020. The plan is to rapidly spool up hiring once the MAX is fixed.



As we all know, the plan is always changing. But the good news is we have lots of retirements coming up. This will greatly mitigate the threat of the F word absent a real calamity.



EDIT: UAL just pulled its published 2020 investor guidance after the market closed today. "Beyond the first quarter, we believe the range of possible scenarios is too wide to provide earnings guidance at this time."



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