Originally Posted by
horrido27
Some of you guys can continue to defend the company. So be it.
But the REALITY is, we were TOLD 1750, then 250 and another 250.
We were TOLD that furlough mitigations would help those numbers.
Then.. we were TOLD that we may need to furlough even more in 2021.
Yes, I get that this CoVid19 Virus isn't going away. And that we are fat on International travel and Business Travel. We have also been told that we are killing it on the cargo side.
We have also been told manpower planning & training knows what they are doing. That canceling all training in May was done due to all those pilots being redundant or being displaced. We see how great that plan worked. Every day 100% trips in open time. Paying 10-15K ADD Pay for a single trip- money that would save one or two pilots in a few months.
Now, out of the blue we find out we are furloughing even more than initially announced! That's a hell of a Furlough Mitigation Program we just had.
There is NO EXCUSE to announce added furloughs and move up the dates of others. NONE.
Whatever airline emerges when this is all over will NEVER be what it could have been.
Management keeps saying that they want to be ready to pounce when things turn around. I (personal opinion) think they are in for a rude awakening.
Unfortunately, the same now applies to our Pilot Group. We will be operating under our current CBA for many many years to come.
So Be It.
Motch
It’s not about being a company cheerleader. Those guys are hard to find. The company stuck with their 30% number for a long time. They said from the beginning that if demand was down X%, we would adjust staffing and cost to match. When we were originally told about the 1750 followed by 2 more chunks of 250 each, we were surprised that it was “only” 2250 when many were expecting 3000-4000. They never said that the first wave of WARN notices was the final plan. They then came out and said that unless things change, we could be looking at 3900 or more. That 3900 works out to about 30%. If things don’t change, they will reduce the headcount by more. They never said that the 2250 would be the total furlough number, they never said that there would only be one round, and they never said that any plan would be rigidly adhered too. We have a tendency to hear what we want to believe. The reality is that they said that they would have to match the airline to demand if a recovery didn’t happen soon to avoid bleeding to death. We have acquired financing to hold out a little longer, but that money has to be paid back with interest and we are bleeding bad. It is because of this that unfortunately there is a reason to announce more furloughs, and there is a reason to accelerate them. We are in survival mode and even though we are burning less cash than others, it is unsustainable. This is going to shake the industry to the foundation, it is far from over, and the industry will most likely look different for years to come. What airlines could have been is irrelevant at this point. This is about surviving and adapting to what comes after this is over.