What would really suck would be if the company ran a massive bid this summer in preparation for furloughs. They could downgrade a bunch of captains and shrink categories forcing all the to be furloughed pilots to the 717B out of NYC. Being forced to commute to NYC for 3 months before you are furloughed would really be a kick in the pants.

As an aside, if Ed Bastian decides to really do everything that he can for the Delta family, he can use the $127 million he made directly from stock buybacks to prevent 550 pilots from being furloughed.