The old man's yes men are actively pushing the "seasonal downturn," "much needed maintenance" and "COVID" narratives, but that's b.s. WG abandoned their previous long-term customers in favor of an "all in" COVID money grab. When Amazon pulled the plug, almost all of the company's flying ended immediately. It turns out the former customers may still have hard feelings and are unwilling to ever use WG again. As I write this, Atlas has 22 planes in the air, Kalitta has 13 and WG has only one. Sadly, that's what a good day looks like at WG now......one plane flying.

WG has seen some significant setbacks in the past week or two. The company's credit rating took a major hit, dropping from junk status to raging dumpster fire junk status. Some pilots have had small company credit card charges denied. The owner lost his first court battle against the employees he fleeced with his ESOP scheme. But all of this is trivial compared to the lack of flying. It's going to be really tough to service the debt and stave off bankruptcy with only one plane flying.

More than half of the MD fleet has been permanently parked with a few of the less junky planes being used as spares. There's only one 744 flying on a long-term contract. There's some limited military work. Anyone trying to make a decision about their future should look at the facts and ignore what the "happy talk" guys are spewing.

Finally, the drunken PPSP management quack has said something I agree with: "Consider the source." Indeed! You can believe the lying, incompetent fools in the home office (and their surrogates), or you can believe the honest guy on the internet who's been right about everything. Choose wisely.