Originally Posted by B757200ER
AA is the only company left that hasn't recalled a single pilot since 9-11, and they have the most on furlough-----by far (2,890).
They had plans to increase int'l (high-yield) flying this summer, but when they were told 300-400 pilots would have to be recalled to do this extra flying, AA decided instead to cancel these flights, return the revenue they had already collected and give that market share or profitability to their competitors.
Aren't they generous?
Interesting. I'm sure UA will enjoy snatching up those international routes. I hope they have the good sense to add more pilots. My personal experience has been that I never see a UA flight go out of SFO less than completely full, well except for maybe a red-eye.
It sounds like most of the majors are flying everyone to guarantee, is it different this summer than in years past?