We are not starting Newark service as planned either, short crew there too ?
Can't be the loads, NY is ALWAYS full. Continent-ed is always full on the EWR flights as well, and they are the only ones on the route. Anything is better than their service. I'll take an Indian lo-co airline before buying a ticket in Scab-tinental.
The fact that there is a massive number of crew with no leave for 2012 is a pretty good hint. They are even taking away 1 week slots that were already allocated 6mo to a 1 year in advance! What is a week, it is nothing.
If we had crew with their eye on winning the chess game instead of being hell-bent in making a single piece move we could really put the squeeze on and get some things done.
