Originally Posted by
BlueMoon
It will probably be something like 2 weeks of pay per year of service to a furloughed pilot and a month of insurance per year of service. Comair was something like that.
Severance packages are common in the business world. Pilots shouldn't be any different.
If that's the case, then the union is doing a huge disservice to the pilot group wording it in the manner they have. A "severance package" is not "pay while on furlough."
I would imagine the end result is likely excactly as you've described.