Originally Posted by
Scoop
I keep hearing this - The company knows how many Pilots we will need for summer 2021. Really? The company knows how this will all play out? How exactly do they know this? What governments will retain a travel ban? What states will retain lock-down protocols? When will Disney Land Open? Does the company know these things? I don't believe that for 1 second. I don't believe anyone has anything other than a barely educated guess how this plays out. They can possibly survey for corporate/traveler intentions but with all of the variables how accurate will that be?
You give management or anyone who thinks they can predict this way too much credit. We and every other airline is blundering our way through one day at a time as best as possible. All they really know for sure is that if Cares 2 get approved we will be carrying a huge surplus of Pilots for some time. Best case, due to a confluence of events demand picks up before Cares 2 expires.
Scoop
Just look at actions Scoop.
Too date no furloughs. They pushed their dreaded 1 Oct deadline back a month. Why?
We went from 2558 ----> 1941 -----> 1721 -----> ????
No, I think they have a target manning, the specificity is probably +/- 3% and now they are playing around with us like a cat does with a dead mouse. My guess is they are shooting at 40% bookings from last year. Staffing is based on that. Should put us around 10,235 on the list. I might have made a math error, but I think I'll be pretty close.
They are partying in Wuhan right now. Pool parties and raves. No masks. China has fully opened their domestic air travel back in August. Last week was golden Week. Tons of travel occurring around Asia. Disney World is open - has been since July. Disneyland, well see Newsom. That's on him. We can't help the politics of the mask dude. Pandora's box has been open and we'll never get it back.
Suffice to say, delta management is plugged in to many streams of information that we are not privy to. Telling of their actions of late on the business side. Doesn't seem to me to be those of a company in dire straits.