Suggest 2 things - firstly that it is unlikely that much beyond the actual press statements is actually clear to many and that secondly it is a case of pure survival that is key here. It very much depends on what André Dosé really puts through.
Retrenching would probably take the +150 aircraft to the around the 130 mark especially if the scheduling would improve. A lot of Swissair's comfortable administration should perhaps have been slimmed anyway a time ago, with a reorg as well .... but non flying heads cost overheads that few can afford.
Sources for info - References: (SR's Press statement, FT News)
http://www.sairgroup.com/apps/media/...ml?language=e#
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3DVM910SC&live=true&useove rridetemplate=ZZZ99ZVV70C &tagid=FTDO9DHMZJC
SR is refleeting to A330/340's and it is an ideal time to realign. LX is ousting the MD80's for A320's anyway and 319/20/21 Crew are or can be expected to be available worldwide. Also LX has proven to be a master at finding, just enough permanent and temporary crew over that last 20+ years to keep schedules.
Switzerland doesn't have much of a solid unemployment logic either, so I guess SR pilots who are addictied to cream, may well have to learn to accept milk or go without.
[ 24 September 2001: Message edited by: gofer ]
[ 24 September 2001: Message edited by: gofer ]