Originally Posted by
LandGreen
If the company doesn’t agree to some form of long term VIL program for furlough mitigation before the warn letters then I’m putting on my tin foil hat and saying they are using a shotgun warn letter approach for concessionary negotiations.
I agree with that, they are definitely coming for concessions. But I also don't see them having much need to offer long term VIL lines. Being a one type fleet is good and bad, here is the bad because it's easier and cheaper to furlough as there are not big displacement bids to shuffle pilots to other types. SWA only did extended paid time off to try and keep their reputation of never furloughing, we have no such warm feelings and reputation to uphold so I suspect there won't be long term VIL lines offered, but that's just my guess.