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Old 11-06-2025 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by St Exupery
This makes the most sense to me as well. Kirby has said previously that they have “a lot of off ramps” with the large order book. I’ve taken that to mean they can retire the old and less efficient Airbus and 737 NGs as well as the 756 fleet whenever it makes sense. When I saw the orders years ago, it seemed too ambitious, but the plan seems to be fill up the order book so the competitors can’t get new planes for a long time. Use the new airplanes for growth until the economy tanks, then retire the old fleets and the hope the efficiency of the new airplanes will cover some losses during the downturn. The questions is, what do you do with all the pilots on the seniority list?
My guess would be turn off hiring and let attrition lean us down if worse comes to worse. They did it in 2024 for close to 6 months. With a big cash buffer we can let attrition bring us down to healthy and avoid furloughs and all the extra headaches that come with that.
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