Originally Posted by
Free Bird
You're right, I've never had to swallow that sandwich, at least for 5 years. Hundreds of other Delta pilots and I had the cake walk of a 5 year furlough. The last 5 years I've been so insanely senior that I've had the privilege of only working about 85% of weekends and holidays, all on the mighty maddog.
I guess I've never really reflected on smooth my career has been to this point. More to the point, the last 5 years have been hard on most of this seniority list. We all knew what we were getting into by coming to Delta. Roughly 1,000 folks were furloughed following 9-11, I don't blame anyone, it's what comes along with this job. you guys volunteered to work here, sorry it hasn't worked out for you like you planned.
^^^^^^ Eggggsssxactly! Spot on. I remember when I came back in 2008 and DAL asked me to monitor a few Indoc classes to get the drill down again. You should have seen the palpable angst in the room when the new hires realized there were other guys sitting there (3 of us to be exact) who were coming back and assuming our seniority on top of them. We'd killed their cat. sheesh. This industry.