Originally Posted by
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Has anybody thought about how having more junior Captains will affect a potential furlough?
Would they furlough the bottom, say, 15% of the seniority list regardless of CA/FO status, or would it bifurcate based on position? Probably has never been an issue before, but I can see it being one now given the unprecedented nature of having NH CA (yes, after 500 hours, etc)...
Can't go off anything other than seniority. Plus, the company would love for this to happen. With a bunch of junior captains, there would be a good mix of captains and first officers being furloughed which would actually make it cheaper to furlough than usual. Not only would they quickly get rid of expensive captains, but the training costs associated with reshuffling would be lessened.