A 12 month package would likely see maybe 50 max go off the top of the 400 - those over 60 within a couple of years of retirement for whom it's a bit of a bonus to maybe walk out 12 months earlier than planned.
That won't fix the issue for the other 400 or so surplus pilots. The Dallas to the 380 move is going to see another 747 retired early. More surplus pilots. Some may be demoted and redeployed to the 380 but it's a net negative outcome. And the Chief Pilot reckons we should be excited? Who's living in cloud cuckoo land now?
