Originally Posted by Aquaticus

My point was that there is no "other side of this" if we furlough 3900+ pilots. The costs, the debt, our inefficient bloat... we won't survive. No one is saying they are making this up but we aren't going to magically be 50% the size and show spirit who is boss. Our one year lease at Willis tower will pay for their headquarters for a decade. They are a fierce competitor who has had 20%+ profit margins while we were sub 12%. They specialize in moving the unwashed masses who book 3 days prior and they do it really efficiently. We need to somehow survive this without killing our ability to compete.