Originally Posted by
PilotRoger
they just don't want to have extra crew in the payroll, I guess they are being careful trying to save some money. I don't think they have any other 737, so all the training was to introduce a new type in their boeing fleet.
Would it not have been reasonable for IA to have kept the pilots on the payroll in anticipation of eventually taking delivery of the Max, and then negotiating these extra payroll costs from Boeing as part of the inevitable overall compensation package that IA, and indeed many other airlines, will be demanding?