The Christmas holiday cancellations that may occur would all be a result of them not utilizing their last option in trip coverage: green slip with conflict.
Several categories are now at the point where assignments that do not touch the holiday have gone all the way down to out of base GS on their second of third of the month, and they are in the 10,000 seniority range. That is the last stop before CONF.
I understand the company wants to save money and they see CONF assignments as burning the furniture to heat the house (with dropped trips opening up after the holiday) but that ship has sailed. Clearly cost savings is out the window if 8,000 greenslips went out last month.
It would be a shame to see flights canceled like the Thanksgiving mess.
In a day or two, we'll see if they wise up and figure it out.