Originally Posted by
seattlepilot
I was on the F9 jumpseat lat night we briefly talked about the LOA (Leave of absence) and furloughs etc. They said about 25 people took the LOA and that would prevent the furloughs. Can any other F9 pilots would comment on that?
It was more pilots than that, but the net effect was the equivalent of about 25 pilots taking a whole year off. I think there are more (myself included) who have told the VP of Flt Ops that we'd take a COLA too if we had some certainty about the future. I plan on taking 2 weeks off if I'm sure that I'll still have a job, and another 4 if I am sure that I'll keep my seat. For every 8 pilots that do that, it's one more furlough that doesn't need to happen.