Originally Posted by
OTZeagle1
2,600 is a pretty good number, if things don’t turn around somewhat quickly. They just had numbers run for the return of all Airbus aircraft... those numbers are a little more sobering, with the add for dropping everyone to 65-75 hours the needed seniority would be approximately 2350 with the most junior captain left standing around 1250-1300. If you adjust for retirements and LOA, the number of actual furloughs would likely be 350-400 if we return the entire Airbus fleet.
The numbers were even worse if we returned all the worn out old 737 fleet...
Just have to wait and see