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Old 09-01-2013 | 08:23 PM
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From: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
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Originally Posted by alfaromeo
You tell me, would you want to take a recall with a 6 month guarantee of employment?

When bankruptcy hit we lost the entire 737-200 fleet. We were overstaffed by hundreds of pilots. ....

everyone involved, the MEC, management, the administration, the negotiators tried to find the path that would provide the most assurance to all the pilots, both the ones that were recalled in 2005 and those that were yet to be recalled.
Consider 6 months of Delta pay equalled about two years of pay at ASA new hire rates ... .
Originally Posted by jetnwa
The decision to return or not from a recall is a decision for a furloughee to make and not someone else. It is called being in the "adult" phase of one's life.

I can think of many reasons to come back even as seasonal help
Well stated.

Last edited by Bucking Bar; 09-01-2013 at 08:42 PM.