Originally Posted by
BenTover
Remind me again who’s bearing the cost for the migrant workers to sit around and watch the crops grow?
You’re missing the point. Reserves get pounded in the summer and winter holiday season. Other months they are utilized less. The company would benefit from lower MPGs. Anyone remember when the company opened the Bus domicile in IAH? A ton of people sat reserve waiting for the flying to ramp up. What about when they opened the 87 in IAD? Again, a bunch sat around on reserve while others endured horrid lines. How would those pilots made out if the company had the benefit of a low MPG?
You guys love those high furlough numbers. I’m surprised you haven’t thrown in the rumors of closing hubs that were being pushed during and before the vote. Delta just announced they have $21,000,000,000 in liquidity and expect to be cash flow positive by next spring. I fully expect us to be in a similar position. Do you really think we are going to cripple this airline with mass furloughs when SWA is entering ORD and IAH if our burn rate is zero to positive? My guess is United will furlough 2000, maintain this agreement, and smile all the way to the bank.
We’ve been Variabilized.
What if when we are cash flow positive this Spring we just go back to the UPA as before (and once the criteria are met the UPA +5%), and this was just a unique short-term bridge LOA for a rare black-swan event that showed us the worst decline in passengers/revenue in the history of the airlines? What if we can just go back to dreaming about going fishing with oldmako’s friends?
