Originally Posted by
AxlF16
Why not wait until they start taking seats out of the planes before we start 'planning' on specific number of furloughs?
They speak 'words' and they do 'deeds'. Words are cheap. Deeds will show you their intentions.
They have some finite decision points when they will be forced to show their hands. Things like furlough notification, fleet retirements, removal of seats from RJs, displacement of PIs from 777 or 757/767 fleets to the 737/320, etc... Someone smarter and more motivated than me can map those out.
Agreed. Frankly, the company may be viewing the “minimal” (Nocella’s word) outlay to pull the seats as a way to buy them a bit more negotiating capital and instill a little fear. The association will be closely monitoring *IF* the mods actually take place. My general assumption is that the company will proceed as Nocella outlined and I feel we should be prepared for the eventuality that management will exercise the full contractual rights they are allowed.