Originally Posted by
Spanky189
Why would DAL continue hiring as planned when they announced on 18 Mar (ATLANTA-AP) that they are cutting capacity by an extra 5% and offering voluntary severance packages to 30,000 of its 55,044 full time employees?
Sorry, not trying to rain on anyones parade but maybe some DAL guys on here could help with the inside story.
Spanky,
Also as bad as the news has been DAL is still growing its fleet this year. We are receiving 22 777's, 757's, and 737's this year and next year and now plan on parking 15-20 older domestic planes. So even without the higher crew ratio we may still need to continue hiring for now. Also we are still undermanned for pilots according to the last system bid and recently won a staffing grievance with the company that they are trying to correct with current hiring. Of course this can all change in a moment, but thats where we are for now.
Scoop