Originally Posted by CincoDeMayo

Because the original point was not about furloughs, it was about contracts and the notion that the legacy carriers “recession proofed” themselves with their contracts; that is fantasy land. History shows time and time again that a legacy carrier will file BK in bad times to help reset labor wages. If the Union doesn’t agree to concessions, and 1113 can be filed to be forced to give deeper concessions. There is no “we got in before the industry took a dip, we good”. Anyone who thinks this has not been watching this program for long enough.


As far as retirements balancing out any possible furloughs, please remember the old line, “hire until you fire”.