Originally Posted by
Elvis90
Delta didn't furlough in 2008 during the oil spike to $147/barrel, but they easily could have furloughed. They've contained capacity, making a $1.4B profit for 2010. DAL has over 3,000 retirements scheduled in the next 10 years; 6,000 in the next 15 years. I think you'd be in good shape.
Yep-I'd be more concerned about the company trying to keep up with hiring for a looong time.
and I think it's more like 6K in the next 10 (more if the stock market does well.)