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Delta to furlough 1,941 pilots in October

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DXing 25 Aug 20, 01:56Post
First of the big airlines I've seen to actually put a number out. It's actually smaller than I thought they would need to furlough so that's good news.

The airline determined it will need about 9,450 active pilots for the summer of 2021, which it estimates to be the next “peak flying” period in the next 12 to 18 months. Currently, Delta employs about 11,200 active pilots, according to the memo.


“We are simply overstaffed, and we are faced with an incredibly difficult decision,” he wrote, adding that letters will be sent to pilots hired on or after July 17, 2017 “later this week.”

Delta originally had expected to cut more than 2,500 pilots but its Voluntary Early Out Program had a “higher than originally estimated” participation.


https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/513460-delta-plans-to-furlough-nearly-2000-pilots-in-october?ocid=uxbndlbing

It must figure into the story linked in the NAS daily about Delta adding tatl routes next summer.

https://simpleflying.com/delta-transatlantic-routes-summer-2021/

This could still change rapidly if a vaccine becomes widely available and used or if another CARES act it passed. I doubt that will happen before October given the acrimony between the House and Senate. It will be interesting to see where UA, AA, and WN fall.
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