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This is a huge point. Airlines will be scrambling for market share. There will a blood bath of fare sales. Who has the cash to endure cheap tickets and grab market share? Southwest. The airlines know revenue recovery is far off on the horizon.
24 mos of cuts for 9 mos of furlough protection
The scenario you paint is mutually exclusive. If there is a bloodbath for market share (IE airlines increasing block hours regardless of demand) then the true up portion of the LOA will have us at full MPG at our old pay, thus no “cuts.”