Originally Posted by
FlyJSH
For management, the calculation goes "if XX plus the cost of outsourcing is less than the cost of the 10% we want to furlough, do it."
Exactly. And it's not a significantly different thought process for the pilots, when the actual vote is taken. All the bravado here is just that.
After a decade of lost wages at majors, the value of XX isn't that big to get the desired outcome (of more cheap, contract labor flying yet bigger equipment).