From what I hear it’s going to take a year plus to spool everything back up to full strength but they’re trying to bring 30 furloughs back as soon as the beginning of February. I’m guessing every FO employed today will be back in the left seat by the end of April or so, some sooner. MKE will be the only base initially. It’s been implied that if 100% of furloughs actually come back, they’ll still be short staffed. If that’s true, that’s a lot of crews at one small base. I predict either more bases or home based or some combination of the two by the end of 2026. I also predict (and hope I’m very wrong) that a new contract will include severely decreased hourly pay. The contract “ends” in October of 2026. I’m thinking if you want to get rich being a pilot, AW isn’t going to be the place to do it. I’m cautiously waiting to see how this post ages.