Originally Posted by
scambo1
Buzz,
I was fortunate to never have been furloughed. However, what I don't know are the specific dates of each furlough (without research) and the respective bypasses by each person within those dates.
You changed your post after I quoted it. No, I never thought anyone was just furloughed for a week or a month. I was using extreme time spans to make the point that people moved on.
Scambo,
It was long and ugly. I was one of the first 400 furloughed after 9/11. We furloughed at least another 800-1000. The shortest was about 5 years. We had at least one guy commit suicide. And we had guys green slipping during that duration. Hard times for all I know but lots of fraternal love was lost.
Sure, guys have moved on but I guarantee you that almost nobody counted on getting hired at DAL and being on the street shortly thereafter. I had several gigs post furlough and wanted to come back. I don't begrudge anybody who was cut loose for five plus years for finding something else to provide for them and their families.