Originally Posted by
Nucflash
SO, put 2 and 2 together
and plan on more than 2300 gone in October....simple as that.
Very likely.
It’s also very likely that the company wants to hedge all their bets for maximum flexibility. Nobody, including the company, knows how all this will play out. The company was fine buying brand new 70-seat E175s prior to Covid, so removing seats on the other 175s is pretty low hanging fruit to maintain flexibility. If they make the decision later to furlough more than 2300 it could be too late to start removing seats in time.
It’s also posturing on the part of the company. The labor strategy folks always love using FUD when they want concessions and removing seats is small potatoes compared to some of the stuff they’ve pulled over the years.