This wouldn't rise to the VP of ops level. No need for him to "tell anyone anything." He doesn't call me when I am 10 minutes late due to weather delay or gate hold. It may stink if the 23 folks who are ready for the next phase in their career, but right now there's nothing to tell them. We got max airplanes parked. They knew that. And we got reduction in flying due to a breach in the Chinese biological weapons lab in Wuhan which has caused coronavirus.

what I did when I was in this situation once in 1994 was go out and buy a puppy. They can all find temporary work unlike me as flying jobs were hard to get, but if they are qualified to come to UAL, then they are qualified to do something else til they get the call.