Originally Posted by
F15andMD11
Something is not right with this statement. How are pilots returning having to pick their aircraft? The last redoc class had a Captain return and guys going to 777 and 756.. You telling me they’d go back to “class drops?” Nope!
If you were furloughed, you have to pick from what's available. Where is the confusion in that? That's how it's setup. Only if you were a
voluntary furlough do you have "possible" options to get a CAP slot or wide body. The rest of the furloughs have to pick from what's available, but they get to pick one day prior to all the New-Hires; hence why they started on June 4th, and the New-hires start on June 5th. Out of the furlough returnees, they bid in seniority order.
There was actually 3 voluntary furloughs in the class. One took 737 CAP. The other two did not have the same options, for whatever reasons and picked 737FO