Originally Posted by
WHACKMASTER
And that’s exactly what I’m hoping (quite hard I might add) for. That they won’t furlough due to wanting to grab domestic market share. We have the savings shored up to operate very aggressively while the Big 3 pull back. This forum needs a “fingers crossed” emoji.
Never mind the downward pressure on wages and work rules thousands of pilots on the street is going to present for years to come.
As for being hopeful, I'm not. ALPA's briefings have included the very real likelihood of rolling waves of CV-19 and varying state reactions to them. Rolling waves will equal rolling shutdowns and stay at home orders. People, like it or not will be afraid. And the damage to our economy alone will keep people from spending money on vacations etc. I think this will ultimately be a crap sandwich for everyone. SWA is positioned to weather this the best. But we simply do not know the future and this is shaping up to fundamentally change air travel forever. There will be no, "return to normal".