Originally Posted by
Sam Ting Wong
The matter is way more complicated than you suggest. The governmental cash injection might have been attached to certain conditions, just as an example.
I also would suggest you abandon your pilot-centric perspective, this crisis is not about which pilot is on which aircraft, it is so much bigger.
The entire Network configurations of our hub and spoke model, including subsidaries, codeshares etc, need to be recalculated, slots and traffic rights might expire if not used, aircraft leasing contracts need to be adhered to, order status and obligations need to be evaluated, legal hurdles considered, shareholder interests must be balanced, political influence needs to be managed etc etc.
You are seriously underestimating the challenge on hand.
Additionally, you don't know what options are on the table and discussed right now.
I am very happy I don't live in the hire-and-fire culture of your home country. Layoffs destroy lives and families, I hope we agree this should be an absolute last resort.
So if you are asking for furloughs... beware what you wish for, it could come true ( and possibly not the way you like it).
All that should’ve been done in a week, as we are blessed with over 36000 employees, half of which are Managers and office/planning teams.
No one is asking for “furloughs”, pilots like to, and are trained to plan ahead.