Originally Posted by johnso29

Your info isn't entirely accurate. DAL has ALWAYS offered SILs in the fall & winter. It's 55 hours of pay(can't be a vacation month & you can't pick up open time) for sitting at home all month off duty AND it goes very senior. Airlines staff for the summer, not the winter & as a result typically end up a little heavy in the winter.

Second, DAL COULD furlough between 150-200 and get a ROI in as little as 12 months. If the # goes to 400+ you're looking at closer to 22 months. The drop in morale & a slight uptick are deterents to a small furlough.

Third, in case you haven't noticed the market has not been up just this week but about the last 4 months. That's what the NYSE is saying, not just CNBC.

Last, I think Compass is attractive to RAH because of the E-Jet product, but the flow back goes with the sale and I don't think BB wants that. Comair or Mesaba could be very attractive to Skywest as they will most likely be looking for a life vest if UA files CH 7.