Am I the only one who realizes this?
Profitable airlines do NOT furlough.
I've been furloughed before (FedEx is airline #5 for me), and I can honestly tell you a furlough is something very very closely related to huge financial troubles, such as not being able to pay the bills. Bankruptcy, in other words.
Once FedEx has posted financial losses for the last 4 quarters, and rumors of Chapter 11 are running rampant, this talk of furloughs can resume.
Does FedEx want to be one the first profitable airline to furlough pilots? (someone please point out to me other airlines, if any, that have furloughed pilots while their financial statements were in black ink rather than red)