Originally Posted by
sleeves
What is to stop the company from furloughing 5000 or even 8000 on October 1. If things stay the same, we are flying so little the schedule would be met without a problem. Not saying it is going to happen, just asking why people think it can’t.
One reason is that just the training for recalls would be in excess of $500 million. Another reason is that if a pilot gets furloughed and gets recalled the next day, I believe that pilot has to go through INDOC and fleet specific training (full course). That’s two months of training.