Originally Posted by
bkaz
In that case, I'm sure they will return at the first opportunity. UAL won't be able to fill the vacancies at the bottom of the list by recalling these pilots. I wonder how they will deal with it? Hopefully not a surplus of active pilots.
You're forgetting which seats are being emptied. Soon-to-be retirees aren't coming from A320FO positions.
If you've got 777/747/767/A320 CAs and 777/747 FOs retiring, the top voluntary furloughees shouldn't have any problems filling the vacancies that are created by retirements.