Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
I expect some kind of early out program soon. I'll bet we have no where near as many takers as American had. I've had 63 year old captains tell me they won't even consider an early out. They feel like they want to retire when they're ready, not when the company's ready. They're also concerned about the company going bankrupt and cutting off any agreed upon income.
I'm also against lower ALV's. Our furlough protections are pretty weak compared to 10 years ago when we were overstaffed. The bottom 2500 are really exposed. 10 years ago, we had Compass to flow to.
I'm an old guy and fly with old guys. I think you'd have a good number of early out takers. The only sticking point, Ed's not trustworthy, my opinion. Bait and switch. Can't trust these guys to keep their word. And you know they're already figuring out how to weasel out of anything they offer. It's what they do.