Originally Posted by
FlyinPiker
Correct. The point was being made that it would somehow be a bigger mess if 7ER guys were being furloughed verses any other junior F/O. My point is it doesn't matter what they are flying. They'll be gone and someone will need to be retrained whether it is a 7ER or a 73N or a MD88.
It actually makes it easier to furlough a junior person off of the ER because if they were senior you'd have to retrain them on another piece of equipment. I'm not saying any of the 7ER guys are in any more danger than anyone else, I'm just pointing out that the reasoning was flawed.
The only issue is that there aren't 300 or so junior guys on the ER. Maybe a few dozen. The vast majority of the furlough targets are already on the -88, so displacements and training will still be required.