200 More Delta furloughs by May 1st

[duckman]

Re: ATA predicts 2006 before traffic....

rebounds to pre 9/11 levels. Doesn't look like they will bring anyone back for years. Don't worry about being shorthanded in May, you know they will just transfer the flying to DCI. The industry has turned into Walmart, lowest price, cheap labor, redneck passengers wearing t-shirts and flip-flops demanding more Mountain Dew.

EXACTLY Flaps30!! It has turned into WalMart...except maybe for the 6+ hours flights where I think passengers will still pay for more than a peanut, cup-o-coke and knees in their chest seating?? But the market drives the train (in this case the air-borne train) and the Big 4 have GOT to have the flexibility to adapt/change to meet the current situation...until business travel(and the corresponding ticket prices) returns--if it ever will???

 

[rjcap]

With the upcoming chapter 11 filing of AA you can bet the mainline operations across the industry will bear the brunt of the reorganization. More specifically the shredding of the mainline pilots contracts especially the retirement provisions.

Its not pretty but its going to be a rough road ahead for the next year.

 

[corpguy]

To all of you guys, especially Gen. Lee,

Even if DAL gets 600 retirees, they are still will have WAY too much overcapacity and more guys will be hitting the streets. I'm furloughed AA with 900 ahead of me....i wish the situation were different, but there are too many seats flying around with too few asses to fill them.

That's the big problem.

The majors need a complete redo of the business model which will change the landscape as we now know it. Even with liquidations (which don't seem will happen), expect all of the majors to shrink signifigantly. This is just the beginning.

The best attitude to have is to look far ahead and figure out where Wall Street will take this. Sometimes the truth is hard to face.