Originally Posted by
max8222
It is actually easier since there are new hires spread around the fleets, if you furlough just need to give a trim to the junior FOs across the fleets. If all the new hires were 757FO then you hey would clean out that seat and have to push everyone down to fill those seats.
You'd be correct if the fleets were properly manned. They're not.
The 777 and 767 are still undermanned. A furlough would not work because trimming FOs on those fleets would leave them even more undermanned.
This situation will be "rectified" by the company in the next 6-8 months though.