Originally Posted by
hummingbear
Do you really think that if we had been operating under the LOA without federal funding since November, we would still be running vacancies and adding additional positions presently? (Setting aside restoration of junior pilots into high paying seats, which is another discussion entirely.) This is only happening because the airline is capitalizing on the billions of federal dollars they've taken in over the past few months. And don't get me wrong, I'm glad it's happening- I'm just saying it's not the result of the LOA.
This is exactly right. The LOA didn’t save jobs, the terms that came with the federal bailout money did. Had that money not been available, the LOA would have saved jobs until June. The company has displaced crews into the NB fleets and we are in a position to furlough if needed. Thankfully, the government cheese bought us enough time where we probably won’t need to. The LOA added a few permanent contractual improvements and gave displaced pilots pay protection, but it isn’t responsible for saving jobs.