Originally Posted by
APC225
Not many in some cases. Flew with a pilot this year who had one solitary month on the line in early 2000 after new hire training and did not enter a cockpit again until Jan 2014. Between the furloughs and FMLA it was 14 years away from the industry.
I find that hard to believe. It would have been impossible for the person to not accept recall in '07 and remain on the seniority list due to the way that furlough/recall rights were written into the '05 concessionary contract.
It was go down the furlough list, and then when the offer came to you the second time, you either had to accept recall or be removed from the seniority list. Everyone from the post-911 furloughs were recalled. There were a LOT of people removed from the list.
A pilot hired in early 2000 should have ~5 years' total of furlough.