Originally Posted by
MarineFly
with all this talk about SkyWest never furloughing any pilots, isnt it true however, that they did talk with certain pilots, who did then stop flying. So the company did contract somewhat, it was just under somewhat (technically) different circumstances than a "furlough". Maybe also other pilots flew fewer hours to account?
Not trying to be argumentative, just asking. Thats the way I read the literature on SkyWest during the downturn....
"Talk to certain pilots" I'm not sure what you mean by that, but no one was told they couldn't work. What they did was limit montly line awards to about 77 hours of credit for line holders, have 30+% reserve coverage, and offer leave of abscence for 12+ months.
The only reason we didn't furlough was that it was cheaper to pay out 75 hours a month, than pay for a bunch of retraining and domicile displacements.
Being on reserve for years and only flying a couple days a month was common.