Originally Posted by
Qotsaautopilot
I don’t disagree on most points and am hoping for the best but 2/3 of our previous flying doesn’t require 3/3 of our pilots going into the school year which is already the slowest time.
You’re assuming 2/3 capacity and then plateau.
If we are at 2/3 and mostly full (as was the example used in the post I replying to) by the end of the summer, from where we are today that trend would show we would be adding back routes and frequencies at too steady of a clip into the winter to justify a furlough. Even if we were slightly over staffed at that point, VIL would be a better option.
Bleeding money is a concern, but we also don’t want to hinder our own recovery with a short term furlough if the trend is very positive.
These next few weeks should reveal a lot