Originally Posted by
kersplatt
I have heard that Mesa has sent out a letter warning they may have 100 CRJ captains go back to the right seat. Would this mean that they are going to furlough 100 FOs? Mesa pilots, any truth to this?
I can't speak for Mesa, but I can speak about displacements/furloughs from experience.
If they displace 100 captains back to FO, that creates 200 surplus FO's. 100 less captains = 100 less FO's...when the 100 captains displace back to FO, that makes another 100 junior FO's redundant.