Originally Posted by
Born2FlyAv8R
they are premature because they are part of a calculated rumor. Someone somewhere said “if they furlough, x number of planes times x number of pilots = total pilots that would be about 25 percent of the FO list and then we would have to downgrade 10 percent captains to match. I heard a long time ago that any storey that begins with “I heard” or that’s from “a reputable source” is probably 90 percent horse s^%t. At least, that’s what I heard from a reputable source.
or it’s from management saying X planes with current crew staffing and history says X number of crews. Now figure X amount of pilots we have and X amount of money needing to be saved (on record by management in a town hall), it’s not hard to figure out. I would say the 25% is accurate, before natural attrition. Now if most airlines have stopped and slowed….25% might be closer to accurate than we like/anticipated.