pressman
Absolute crap , whilst they may well be running an operating loss at the moment they will not be shedding 600 pilot jobs , they are still hiring a lot of pilots to fly the new metal , the sums just don't add up for this to be true .
OK, 600 pilots may be really too much, but the argument is not valid itself. RYR is taking new deliveries and same time parking existing airframes of the fleet (at least that's what a read somewhere on internet). If there are many long-standing commitments for something sometimes it is easier (and cheaper) to follow the line and take some actions on a side, rather than to cut or suspend the whole deal.