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Old 03-31-2020, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by GuppyPuppy View Post
United furloughed 2172 pilots in the aftermath of September 11th starting on 10/1/01. On 11/1/01 United parked it's entire fleet of B727s and B737-200s (75 and 22 respectively).

Soon after, United parked several B747-400s.

Then came 2008-09. All pilots had been recalled and UA had even hires some nubes. Glenn Tilton wanted to right size the airline for a CO merger. He parked the entire B737-300/500 fleet (94 aircraft ) and another 6 B747-400s. This led to the furlough of yet another 1400+.

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Right size. United union doent have a good history. To Shrink for a merger makes no sense unless you can't make profit or the gov tells you to. Lots of people love that koolaid flavor.
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