Originally Posted by sandrich

After hired, you are on a 12 month probationary period. For that 12 months, they can release you for no reason, you have no union protection (you still pay union dues. It is a closed shop, so the option to join union is up to you, but you pay dues regardless), and you have no severance package. However, this has never happened. For every Saab that comes on the line, they need 12 pilots...so to ge fired, you really need to screw something up.