Originally Posted by
Reggie Dunlop
Perhaps it would be worth digging a little deeper. It did not seem to be an issue with the Abex and United pilots who chose to accept recall to their respective carriers.
I do not think it is quite so cut and dried as stated above. A forum such as this is a very sketchy place to get this kind of information.
It is sort of true. On day 1 of ground school, HR comes in and makes everyone write up a letter resigning their seniority numbers from their previous carrier, regardless of whether you quit outright or were furloughed.
As I understand it, however, as evidenced in the ABX and United examples, most airlines don't recognize "forced resignation" letters from other airlines, hence the furloughed folks were able to return. I know for a fact at my two previous airlines, if the chief pilot received a resignation letter from any pilot on furlough, it went right into the paper shredder.