Originally Posted by
LAX Pilot
That's actually nor correct. EVERY furloughed United pilot in history was called back. Even the furloughs after 9/11 got called back.
Guess what, they are coming back NOW!
You are correct that for a few of them they will have some ZERO dollar paycheck years, but the top 400 in the UAL seniority list were all furloughed and they all had a great career after a short furlough because of the widebody flying United had and currently has.
But I'd be willing to bet that absent the merger, more UAL pilots would have been widebody Captains that CAL pilots who were active. That can be shown statistically and proven and furloughees ARE on the seniority list (which is what is being integrated) and they also have a career expectation.
They also have longevity, some more and some less.
The top 400 had a short furlough? What do you call short? The top 400 probably will have had a better career than you lax because they have a sack, but they have been hammered also, just ask them about that a plan.