Originally Posted by mvoight

Do you believe they are taking the 767 off the SFO-MIA route for 5 or 6 months for maintenance, and not to put it on another route?
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You obviously don't fly out of MIA five and six times a month. When they tell you, flight canceled due to maintenance issues, it's not something they get brownie points for with the DOT so when they say she's broke .. . she's broke!

Anyhow, broken aircraft in need of maintenance is going to be the least of their worries in the next few weeks. With all the volitile activity on the economy and markets, and 401Ks taking severe beatings where earnings are concerned, you can bet pilots are going to start retiring left and right over the next 3-4 weeks.

Article today in usatoday.com about AA canceling flights in February because of pilot retirements.

I could be wrong, but the chatter sounds about right. What remains to be seen is if they can take a bunch of those more "senior" FAs with them.