Here is what a guy from another forum said:

"Well, Delta just announced retiring the whole 777 fleet and closing CVG as a pilot base.
Saying 2500-3500 overmanned Fall 2021 even factoring in mandatory retirements.
I'm XXXX off the bottom."

So of course he is preparing to be furloughed.
If what he is hearing is true, that is a bunch of qualified pilots on the street from just one major carrier.

If it were the same from UAL where my friend who has been onboard for 5 years and feels that he too will be furloughed come Oct 1st....add that similar number in the pool?

And these boards lead me to believe that AAL might be the hardest hit? I don't know....but what if they put a similar number of people on the hit (or more)?

Regionals - already hard hit with two (?) having closed up shop already. Future predictions? How many more on the street. All airlines seem to be talking about coming out the backside of this "smaller".

I don't remember the airline world very well after 9/11. I was still firmly in active duty mindset and was concentrating on the upcoming deployments we knew were coming; so I don't remember the impact that 9/11 seem to have on the industry or for how long those ramifications affected the industry or how long the recovery is thought to have taken to 'get back to normal'
My question to those that were around and endured that particular aftermath --how long did effects linger. In my mind that was a singular incident, nevermind how horrible, but this impact seems to have much longer legs and could be happening over and over and over; how can these this dam breaking not have hysteria continue to impact the industry for much longer than 9/11?

Does the industry - those that went through both - think that this time will be even more impactful than 9/11, and maybe even the economic downturn of 2008 combined?

Pilot shortage over? Severely stunted at least?
I don't know, but it isn't what it was.

I'd like to hear your thoughts.
Trying my best to send good thoughts and hopeful prayers to all my friends and others affected.