Originally Posted by
Gunter
Economy grows in 3Q, signals end of recession - Yahoo! News
Not sure how the retirement of the DC-8 affect you guys, but the opportunity to furlough folks for 2 years has probably ended. There should be a steady increase in flying next year.
From the article -
Businesses, meanwhile, reduced their stockpiles of goods less in the third quarter, after slashing them at a record pace in the second quarter. With inventories at rock-bottom levels, even the smallest increase in demand probably will prompt factories to boost production. This restocking of depleted inventories is expected to help sustain the recovery in the coming months, economists said.
Actually, we are still overstaffed. We have a couple of hundred guys from the 8 not working and getting paid. Block hours are going down and will still probably go down next year. The economy might be stablizing, but big brown has figured out how to run the system with fewer flights, thus fewer crews.