Originally Posted by
rcflying53
I don’t think AA can afford to stop hiring. We are still behind in staffing, and retirements won’t be stopping. The more off the top, means less likely of a furlough due to cost savings. Wasn’t the company break even point 2 years on a furloughed pilot? Someone much smarter than me had a graph of that but I can’t find it.
The government is working on a "bail out" program for the airlines, which already includes the option to defer tax payments until a later time to help offset any current losses.