Originally Posted by
Grumble
No it won’t, it’ll be thrown on the scrap heap of the thousands of other pilots it’s happened to. Dookie happens in this industry, and it’s in no way unprecedented. If anything they did them a favor and they can hopefully rescind their resignations or make other plans. The hiring market is still robust. Would be far worse to get furloughed in 9 months on probation with lots of other pilots into the potential glut of pilots looking for jobs... assuming worse case scenario.
It would be worse to get furloughed in 9 months vs. jobless now? I'd guess most if not all of these pilots would rather be furloughed from United and on the seniority list instead.
They should have allowed them to start class at the very least, be given a seniority number, and then see what happens. Or give them an option to start now with an uncertain 6 months and possible immediate furlough, or bypass the class. There are many ways this could have been done better. But rescind a class date 3 days prior? That's asinine.