Call me cynical, but Kirby will use this crisis to his advantage. Don’t trust him!

I can see a scenario where a lot of 50 seaters are parked as he stated. Kirby then pleads to our MC, to give the company an equivalent number of 70/76 seaters to replace the lost feed, “otherwise we’ll have to furlough UAL pilots”.

It will be sold as a win-win (no furloughs) and the company gets their scope relief without spending a thin dime. Well, maybe they’ll throw a few bones in with it, but the damage will be done.

Hopefully it’s just my imagination, but after over two decades here, why would they let this crisis go to waste?