Originally Posted by
WhiskeyDelta
When was the last time they said they wanted only 7k pilots? I’ve watched every town hall either live or the replay read every company communication since this thing started and I can say they’ve not said it once publicly. Please show the times they’ve said it because that means another 5k pilots will be furloughed beyond the initial 2558.
Crew Resources stated in April or May that the schedule they built required 7,000 pilots. People seem to think that means the total pilot group will only be 7,000. When Crew Resources states the number of pilots they need to operate a schedule, they assume no one is on leave, no one calls out sick, and no flight is cancelled or delayed. Crew Resources never said they want to get the total pilot group down to that number. Later, they said the plan to have 10,700 active pilots for summer 2021. They provided us with too much info and unfortunately not the actual number we care about... the size of the total pilot group.