Originally Posted by
Biscuittin
A comparison of how BA and RR and going about dealing with their staff does actually show........um......well, you know.....how BA are treating their staff vs. how RR are treating theirs. It's thus valid.
Except they are different industries facing different challenges.
Your contention, if I'm understanding you correctly, is that the fact that neither BA nor VS plan to resume operations at LGW in the near future (if ever) constitutes proof that no airlines anywhere are returning any capacity to any market over the near term. Faulty logic.
I would be surprised if any European major airline is anywhere near 100% of the pre-COVID capacity by then end of 2020 - hardly surprising since most major economies are facing double figure decreases in GDP this year and massive increases in unemployment, to say nothing of possible second waves of the virus of course. In fact many airlines including BA are only planning to get to that level in 2022/23 - they are already cutting the fleets to reflect this.
There is clearly an immediate cut in capacity to under 5%, an intermediate period hopefully during this summer where airlines can start up again and get at least back over 50%, and a very long recovery which will largely depend on how long it takes for the economy to revover.