Whilst there are some close to 65/retirement on the 744, many Captains are younger (and senior) than/to me and I'm not yet 60.
At some point the three or four (down)training courses that result from each RIN'ed pilot or paying for additional F/Os and maybe even Captains not required in rank, will be a greater cost than a VR.
Compulsory redundancies off the bottom will not change that.
"We need to take our pilot hat off, and put on a company hat."
Normanton, some would suggest you hadn't removed your Company hat since the commencement of the EA10 discussion!
