Originally Posted by
wanttofly
Neato!
So...now that we've gotten this out of our system...
Does anyone have any inside info on real who/what/when cuts?
What do you want to know?
They have indicated they will make capacity adjustments which will include elimination of unprofitable routes and reduction of same day frequencies as needed. Announcements of those specific reductions/changes will be communicated further down the road. So no official specifics as of yet as they analyze their plan going forward.
A few points from the employee bulletin:
The capacity reductions will come from reducing flight frequencies, indefinitely postponing the start of certain markets and exiting less profitable routes, primarily in our domestic schedule. The modest increase in international capacity allocates our aircraft on more profitable routes.
In addition, we are analyzing exiting certain less fuel-efficient aircraft from our fleet and will be taking other cost-saving measures.
Doesn’t it make sense to reduce more regional flying?
About half of our domestic capacity reduction will come from regional flying, much of it through a reduction in daily frequencies or day-of-week flying and, in some cases, exiting routes. As the world’s leading airline, we want to continue service to the communities in our network, which also enables us to feed customers into our hub locations for access to our destinations around the world.
What routes will be impacted?
We will share this information as we make the schedule changes.
How will I know how my hub or fleet is going to be affected?
As we finalize schedule changes, we will share the information with co-workers, customers, community and government leaders and others. We realize that any changes can affect the lives of our co-workers, and we will share the information as soon as possible.