Originally Posted by
DaRaiders
I am not in denial that there might be furloughs, but those numbers seem really high. If one reads the canceled excess bid as an indicator, 150-200 pilots had nowhere to go. I did this by looking at how many 727 S/Os were there in the end, and calculating the crewing level. I think there were something like 150 to 200 extra bodies. 600-1000 seems like Great Depression levels to me. But what do I know?
Hey, I do agree. I am only putting forth the numbers that I heard from that very reliable source. You saying it's unrealistic is spot on. That validates my theory that an excess/furlough announcement would be a type of collusion/manipulation/persuasion to get a 777 LOA passed.