We have had some increase in flight attendants leaving the company and expect that to continue as we continue our restructuring. We certainly understand that it is difficult to make these kinds of adjustments in one's personal and professional lives.
We have always said that this is part of our future and why we are restructuring and trying to lower our costs. And with this, we remain in compliance with our agreements and requirements of our agreement with Delta.
But looking long term, we must restructure in order to be a viable business. Our flight attendants are highly valued and they have continued to demonstrate a great level of professionalism in front of our customers, and we sincerely appreciate that.
The flight attendants have benefits and challenges, but they do have choices of where they can live, or to some extent, where they fly and work.
The flexibility in the cost savings is in the elements that make up the $8.9 million, including work rules and other initiatives that can lessen the pay cut impact.
We are continuing our efforts to work collaboratively with the flight attendants unit.
While the developments on the fleet are positive, we still have some important work to do on our restructuring.
The change is being driven by what we believe were inappropriate actions taken by Fifth Third after our bankruptcy filing.
