Originally Posted by
Globemaster2827
And I would think they might add some airplanes in here somewhere because the freight still has to be moved. But even if they didn't they're staffing these things around 12.5-13 per pilot. Let's say we lost a net of 15 airplanes and ordered 0 more by your math. That's 195 pilots we'd need gone between no and June of 28 from the current staffing level which will work itself out over the next year with just mandatory retirements.
Again... This is bad, but it's not the end of the world. I doubt we even see 4a2c out of this. I think we'll be hiring in about a year personally.
That actually sounds like a brilliant plan for the company if they’re not interested in hiring for another 5 years and the absolute worst case possible scenario for the last guys on the seniority list. Furloughing would be much better than dragging the pilots along without letting them in on the plan to shrink to more savings. At least with a furlough they could abandon hope and get a career started somewhere without a shrinking fleet.