March 31st Townhall
03-31-2020 | 01:58 PM
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Not that it would do any good, but I already wrote both my senators and congressmen about the remarks of the grant money being a general cash infusion, etc. I’d suspect if Sen. John Kennedy heard those remarks today, he’d had gone off on a real hilarious tirade.
03-31-2020 | 01:58 PM
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03-31-2020 | 02:19 PM
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I really didn’t think he was annoyed, just prepared for that question. At least it was honest, I’ll give him that. Devil’s advocate, based on his numbers the savings are only 0.2% of the 5 bil loss. Not saying it’s not worth it, just doing maths.
Good video for tactical issues but terrible for strategic. I came away with the impression they were still fumbling through the crisis and were hopeful to stumble on the right solution.
Good video for tactical issues but terrible for strategic. I came away with the impression they were still fumbling through the crisis and were hopeful to stumble on the right solution.
The contrast is they want us to shut down the APU and single engine taxi to save money.
03-31-2020 | 02:21 PM
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He said $10M a month but I bet it is closer to $35M if 4,000 people took them. Times 2 months. $70M for the quarter. $105M for Q3. It all counts and they are flushing money down the lav. Irresponsible during a fiscal crisis.
The contrast is they want us to shut down the APU and single engine taxi to save money.
The contrast is they want us to shut down the APU and single engine taxi to save money.
03-31-2020 | 02:38 PM
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Nope...pretty easy still.
At the time the LOA was signed, no one knew what things would look like on 1 April, let alone May or June. If anything, maybe they allowed for the possibility that cases would level off and demand wouldn’t drop like it did.
I don’t blame the MEC. It wasn’t their call to say “yes, we are going to offer the SIL” only to change their mind the night before.
03-31-2020 | 02:47 PM
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He said $10M a month but I bet it is closer to $35M if 4,000 people took them. Times 2 months. $70M for the quarter. $105M for Q3. It all counts and they are flushing money down the lav. Irresponsible during a fiscal crisis.
The contrast is they want us to shut down the APU and single engine taxi to save money.
The contrast is they want us to shut down the APU and single engine taxi to save money.
Great point. I think SILs would save 45M-50M/quarter. That’s a lot of money, and the beauty of SILs is that they do not require future recompense. Free-ing a pilot of work obligation IS the payoff. It’s cashing in on the inadvertent surplus.
03-31-2020 | 03:40 PM
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He said $10M a month but I bet it is closer to $35M if 4,000 people took them. Times 2 months. $70M for the quarter. $105M for Q3. It all counts and they are flushing money down the lav. Irresponsible during a fiscal crisis.
The contrast is they want us to shut down the APU and single engine taxi to save money.
The contrast is they want us to shut down the APU and single engine taxi to save money.
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03-31-2020 | 04:00 PM
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Nope...pretty easy still.
At the time the LOA was signed, no one knew what things would look like on 1 April, let alone May or June. If anything, maybe they allowed for the possibility that cases would level off and demand wouldn’t drop like it did.
I don’t blame the MEC. It wasn’t their call to say “yes, we are going to offer the SIL” only to change their mind the night before.
At the time the LOA was signed, no one knew what things would look like on 1 April, let alone May or June. If anything, maybe they allowed for the possibility that cases would level off and demand wouldn’t drop like it did.
I don’t blame the MEC. It wasn’t their call to say “yes, we are going to offer the SIL” only to change their mind the night before.
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