wannabepilot

Question: If you are at an airline for 5 years and then get furloughed, if you accepted recall would you return at year 5 pay or would you go back to year 1? Thanks.

Bloodhound

Once recalled, you go back at your seniority and longevity when you were furloughed. So if you get furloughed after 5 years and are gone for 3 years, you get recalled to 5th year status.

HercDriver130

not always true...... arent the AA furlough guys coming back at the year scale they would be at now?

I know generally what you said is correct but I thought I had read that somewhere..... ah crap... who knows....

Airhoss

True but in some cases depending on what kind of deal was worked out, furloughed pilots can sometimes be allowed seniority accrual while they were out.

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blastoff

This all depends on each individual airline's Pilot Contract. Some airlines you accrue longevity while on furlough, some you don't...that is all.

wannabepilot

thanks to everyone for the clarification.

B757200ER

Not always true, but mostly true.

Blastoff is correct----individual contracts decide this.

Also, at AA if you return, you return at same pay you left. BUT, in the last furlough in '93, all recalls got longevity while on furlough, meaning they came back with time-in-service for furlough. Not always the case, as we're seeing today.