Originally Posted by
s3cLyfe
Who says I’m not leaving? Don’t come on hear and cry about getting furloughed come 2020.
Why cry? Even if it happens there are good options out there. If you want to jump now and beat me to them, then best of luck to you. If I want to stick around and see if management can pull a rabbit out of the hat, why does that upset you?
If we eventually wind up at the same company again, you’ll have seniority over me. If I’m willing to take the risk of a few months seniority and you aren’t, it’s to your benefit if I’m wrong. If I’m right, it’s to my benefit.
Either way we are both going to have jobs because any regional out there will take either of us in preference to some CFI with 1475 hours and only 25 of that ME, with no ATP, which is what they are taking now.
So why all the angst? I’m a big boy and if I am making a mistake it’s me that will pay the price. I’m not criticizing you for taking what you see as a better opportunity.
As for management lying to us, like I already said, I believe their jobs too are on the line. You ever read section 6 of the contract? Here are a few excepts:
The Company will reimburse a Pilot for moving expenses, so long as the Pilot moves to a new residence that is within one-hundred and fifty (150) miles of the new Domicile airport when he is:
1. required to move involuntarily or is displaced from one Domicile to another which is more than fifty (50) miles from his previous Domicile, or
When the Company is required to pay moving expenses, the Pilot will be reimbursed as follows:
1. A Pilot shall receive the following expenses for a professional mover (including shipping and insurance, loading and unloading) for household and personal goods, not to exceed twelve thousand (12,000) pounds, from the previous Domicile to the new Domicile, or from the Pilot’s residence to the new Domicile, whichever is shorter. The Company has the right to control the shipping method and the selection of the professional mover. In selecting the mover, the Company and the Pilot will mutually agree on a reputable, bonded furniture moving company. The Pilot will gather quotes from three (3) such moving companies, and the Company shall select one (1) of these three (3).
Now I personally don’t think the company can afford to cover all the expenses of shutting down two bases including paying for involuntary displacements and existing overhead if it’s only doing the flying that can be done by a 20 aircraft fleet. So I think they are doing everything they can to get new flying, because otherwise they too are out of a job.
They may or may not be able to do that but why all the angst directed at them or to your fellow pilots who simply want to bet differently than you do? The sky is NOT falling. We all have marketable skills and the job market is good, and the regionals are always a cr@pshoot.
Make whatever contingency planning you want, but don’t badmouth others for their planning. We are all in the same boat.