Originally Posted by
iaflyer
I wouldn't bet on it unless they need the space. There are other airlines using them for sim time (USA Jet for example). There was a 737-200 sim for a while after the -200s left, if I remember. Or maybe an L-1011. Anyway - unless they sell the sim or need the space, I can't see them getting rid of all of them.
Also, is it the best course of action to make panicked and essentially irreversible fleet decisions like that this early on?
Instead of at least preserving the option to have an "accumulator" fleet that's basically paid for, let's guarantee we shrink with the only ability to bounce back being new AC that require significant debt and CAPEX at a time we'd be trying to get our legs back underneath us financially.
Any recovery marketsharewe lost that we can't get back will simply be done by someone else. Quite possibly a flurry of pump and dump start ups and if it gets bad enough maybe even cabotage. But hey, as long as the FA's don't get a union we'll rule the world as we shrink to profitability.