Originally Posted by
newKnow
They are only doing it because the airline is short. From what I see, it looks like they are VERY short and 305 new-hires won't cut it. This AE in September had better be big, it better be accompanied by an continuation of hiring announcement. Or, I see us canceling a bunch of flights down the road.
The airline
is short pilots for July/August. With planned seasonal slowdown we'll be way overstaffed again by late September. Do you want seasonal furloughs, or would you rather man for the midpoint of flight hours and give guys the opportunity for overtime?
One other point...all the analysts think we're going to report very nice earnings on Monday. That'll be the first realistic quarterly profit in a long time, and might make us slightly profitable for the year so far. It's likely that we'll make money in the Q3, but airlines generally lose money in Q4. I haven't seen solid predictions for 2011. Maybe you can tell us what you're going to do with the global economy, the price of oil, and our industry for next year!
Please choose to make it all good, newK!
Slowplay
Hey, are your powers diminished as the DC-9-30's are parked, or are they transferrable on an AE to the MD88/90? CLMP, FTB? I need newK guidance!
