Originally Posted by
EwrRocks
Although I don’t see 4000 cuts, but if they did that’s likely 125ish instructors, and other management pilots. Would they even get that many from the line to replace them? Many may not want to replace a furloughee job, or move to Denver. Im not sure how some would feel about filling a job only made empty by a furlough of a union brother or sister.
I have zero desire to do that work. That said, I doubt they'll have much difficulty replacing PIs who are furloughed.
And frankly, once the displacement training's done, there will be a period where the bridge between the E and F building will have more tumbleweeds than people on it. And it's not like displacement training needs to be done quickly - train a few classes of NB FOs and that's probably all it will take to keep the airline running at this reduced level of flying.