Originally Posted by
3 green
Delta cannot even staff the planes now with no furloughs..If they had furloughed, I can't even imagine how many more flights would have canceled due to no crew. So yes, I think the threat of a furlough was all for show. They were trying to get concessions knowing no furloughs were really coming.
True, but between the early outs and UNAs we have as many Pilots not flying as DAL would have furloughed. The difference between this situation and previous thrill rides along our aviation career is that no Pilots were furloughed. A similar number of Pilots were taken off the line through the above mentioned programs.
UCAL with a much more comprehensive deal on the UNA side has all/most of there junior Pilots available and producing. Our management team either dropped the ball planning wise or had conflicting priorities which precluded a more operationally productive and flexible arrangement.
Absent the government money we would probably be in a similar situation manning wise but with zero VEOPs and UNAs and thousands of furloughs.
Scoop