Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
You and I must have been listening to different town halls. He did not dodge the question on bookings or the flight schedule. He said the planned schedule from earlier this year is still in the system and bookable for 330 days out. It's only as we get closer and have to make schedule/bidding determinations do they cancel on a rolling 30-day basis. Close-in bookings are what create a vacuum right now as trying to book anything after a reduced schedule load shows 2-3 connections to get places.
What torqued me was the "fluff" stuff at the beginning of the event. I fully appreciate, respect and recognize every pilot doing stuff in our communities right now during this pandemic. They deserve recognition, but I thought that could have been left to Bryan's flight operations update published on the iPad instead of taking valuable time away from pressing matters.
Bryan tried twice to ask a question of him that was posted numerous times in different poses; that is how can we sell tickets on flights that are not listed? Yes, the question was with respect to “close in “ bookings. He equivocated and if you paid attention Bryan kinda just gave up after the second time. It was a fair question that went basically unanswered, expect the implied ”we will shrink to profitability”. The other majors are kicking our butt on passenger revenues.
I do agree with you about the pander fluff. I nearly logged out. The fact that he did that, and then proceeded for several minutes to recount the history of what a great job his team did reducing the schedule cost him credibility, imo.
I liked the Dutchman from cargo Jan something. Straight shooter.