Originally Posted by
Pony Express
Again, unless theyre going to rid themselves of 50 seat flying out of PHL and CLT they will still need PHL and CLT chief pilots and a training department to keep their pilots current. Management postions like presidents/VPs of flight ops are not going to be trimmed- management positions are the last to go, like it or not.
Dispatchers and mechanics are still needed too, as long as we are still flying airplanes.
“unless xxx” is exactly what I’m saying. I’m saying if AA needs to cut regional capacity 30% (arbitrary but reasonable guess) that totally ditching 50 seat ex phl/clt might make sense. The employee cuts are devastating to one group but they’re simple and direct and they leave the employee groups you plan to keep more intact. When transatlantic demand to Shannon and Budapest recovers three years later you open an envoy 145 base in Philadelphia to feed that.