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Originally Posted by SparrowBird (Post 2990888)

we'll see what happens next week.

Tell us Miss Cleo... your vast gypsy knowledge is impressive.

IDK how accurate it is but the AA seniority calculator says I'll move up 1100 numbers between now and Dec 31.

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Originally Posted by Al Czervik (Post 2990960)

Screen name checks out for this kind of knowledge.

Screen name? Definitely showing your age with that one :)

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Originally Posted by daOldMan (Post 2990695)

The government is working on a "bail out" program for the airlines, which already includes the option to defer tax payments until a later time to help offset any current losses.

The problem is people are scared to fly*. It's not a lack of money issue (economic) it's a lack of desire for our product.

Small difference but huge ramifications...why? Because it means fare sales don't really bring in more business.

I did see someone from Alaska said they ran a fare sale and had a positive result. Just keep this stat in mind - 13% of our pax are business clients and they account of 50% of our revenue.

So while airplanes may have the other 87% of our pax on board, they only account for 50% of our revenue, leaving us with a pretty damn big shortfall at the end of the year.

I would imagine Delta and United would be in a similar predicament, but maybe Spirit not so much since they don't have that much business traffic.

*and corps are afraid of getting sued sending their people to conferences where they might get sick

I can't edit my post above but just saw Spirit is delaying their bids by five days as well (presumably for cuts). So scratch that theory above.

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Originally Posted by FourPutt (Post 2991001)

IDK how accurate it is but the AA seniority calculator says I'll move up 1100 numbers between now and Dec 31.

your current seniority # was calculated in July 2019. The calculator does look at year end estimated seniority. So 1.5 year span. 1100 sounds right.

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Originally Posted by Al Czervik (Post 2990870)

Zero plans to slow or stop hiring according to the boss of hiring.

that’s today’s plan anyway.

They're not cancelling classes and stopping hiring. Until they chance their mind and decide to.

Point is, "the plan" can change at any planning meeting, which occur daily. New information, new stock prices, etc can change plans.

Unless the company guaranteed through a contract that the plan won't change, it certainly is possible.

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Originally Posted by watch (Post 2991069)

lol, I took "that's today's plan anyway" to mean exactly all of that with only 4 words.

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Originally Posted by highfarfast (Post 2991098)

lol, I took "that's today's plan anyway" to mean exactly all of that with only 4 words.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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Originally Posted by C130dr1vr (Post 2988908)

By this time next month all this panic will be over and fake news will be talking about a new crisis.

I am VERY optimistic, but plan for the worst. Your scenario seems fanciful, at best.

There IS a lot of fake news out there, which is why I read a very broad range of sources, and check when I find a story that seems manufactured. I recommend "The Guardian" and "Al Jazeera" for major media outlets, and mostly read non major media.