The real issue is the company could build to 48/60 and then drop 15000 CH into open time? Do you think that those hours would not be picked up? Now if while anyone is on the street the lines must stay at 48/60 then maybe guys would step up and not pick up open time.....but if they only had to drop it down to 48/60 for a month then kick guys out and rebuild at 80 for every month after that....

The only down side for the company is the plunging stock price when layoffs are announced and the massive training cost with everyone moving to new planes. Also if anyone is on the street, expect the young guy mafia to muck up the training cycles with jury duty, bereavement, mil lv, sick, etc. Who knows what monkey wrenches can go into a process. Well maybe there are a few issues for management to take into account. They're not stupid, they know all these problems are an issue, that’s one reason we've never laid off pilots. It's really a last ditch effort to save money. If a company is rapidly losing money or market share then a prudent money saving method is to lay off workers and Wall Street understands that. If a company is making money, then layoffs signal to share holders that things are getting worse and Wall Street will punish that companies stock. That’s why cost cutting methods are called bottom line enhancements. It’s hard to put a good spin on a furlough.