So we go from being well-staffed for next summer to an early-out program and the "F" word being thrown around. I don't get it, the knowledge that this program was in the works was known long before all of the recent statements from the suits/meetings that our staffing was looking good going into next summer. Is this all just junior guy fear or do they just want to trim mostly DAL N guys due to the 747-2 being canned this December?

Any company wants to get rid of their highest paid employees for doing the same work, but I think that if the Compass deal wasn't hanging around their necks I'd already be gone.

My guess, the package is underwhelming to the vast majority of senior guys and we see a substantial furlough. Age 65, in one lump, couldn't have come at a worse time.