Originally Posted by
full of luv
Line check,
I know of an Eagle pilot who left on good terms to go to Aloha, was in training during Aloha's BK, and he was told so sorry by Chief pilot. After a weekend, his wife called Chief Pilot and some others at Eagle, bottom line he was back on the line in less than a week. Don't know what she said or did exactly to make that happen.
You should have opened a grievance.
I understand compassion, but how do we draw the line on this? Is it everytime someone quits and the deal falls out within a month? What about if they fail training. What if the fail IOE? What if they get furloughed after 3 months?
I mean come on, AE is a time building job, that is a stepping stone. If people can come right back again, it will slow down attrition, which some of us are counting on!
We can not have a world with no risk.
The other line of thinking is that lifers would be encouraged to try something. If they come back, your no worse of then of they just had stayed a lifer. But if they realize that the mainline isn't that bad after all, attrition will increase. Of course there should be rules and limits in place to avoid abuse. We can never have no risk but sometimes if you think outside the cube, you can mitigate risk in a way that benefits everyone.