Originally Posted by
Aviator147
how many people could they displace to a 34 aircraft category? If we don’t take anymore deliveries this year and they say displace 500 more pilots to an already 500 pilot fleet but no new airplanes. Is that an assumption that they could expect to be furloughed? Just curious what they can do with a category that doesn’t have too many airframes.
All of us, if they want.
Assuming Airbus keeps manufacturing aircraft in the interim, by the time Delta starts bringing new aircraft online again, there will be at least 13 but more likely 20+ A220's just sitting on the ramp somewhere waiting to be flown. At 12.5 pilots per plane, that covers 250 or more pilots. If that demand doesn't look like it'll show up, well, then here's a large collection of junior pilots on the (second) lowest paying aircraft just ripe to be furloughed. A lot of them might have even been converted without going to training, so they're just burning cash anyways just by existing.
Who knows. I could be way off, too. They don't call it a WAG for nothing.