Originally Posted by
viper548
A lot of furloughs have been bypassing because they would come back at first year pay. If the pay package passes they will come back at 3rd year pay. Some furloughs got on with UAL (Continental), or Delta, FedEx or Southwest years ago and are not coming back. Others are captains at regionals and will probably wait until the last minute to come back.
The number of folks that may come back is probably enough to offset an entire years worth of hiring. I think the majority of JetBlue pilots will come back. There are rumors of some southwest pilots coming back. Plus a bunch at Kalitta, Atlas, Southern, etc that will likely all come back. Probably some foreign carriers like Emirates and Etihad as well.