Originally Posted by
Spaceman Spliff
Sheez, could you imagine if DAL hires for 777s and NWA furloughs to park DC-9s that close to the merger? Wouldn't be good.
Slowing down domestic flying may mean that the 777s are manned by shifting flying and not by hiring. Is this a possibility?
I don't think any shifting of flying can occur between us and NWA until we have a joint contract and SLI agreed upon. Until that point, we hire or furlough what we need and NWA does the same. I do think we will see more capacity reductions this fall and possibly this summer, hopefully the international growth will more than offset the cuts that we'll see. I sure wish we had $30/bbl oil and the age 60 rule back!