Originally Posted by
Qotsaautopilot
Let’s get this straight right now. This is virus situation is bad. No amount of paycuts will save anything. Those of us that have been around or been furloughed know that paycuts will never do anything but get you paid less. They won’t save jobs and they won’t save the company. When I was furloughed paycuts were voted for and the furloughs happened anyway. SnapBack language was in place to get the money back and violated forever. The pay never comes back and the paycuts don’t help anything.
Originally Posted by
Qotsaautopilot
Btw creative solutions starting to happen at other airlines besides United that don’t include paycuts.
further United hasn’t formally asked for them yet but it appeared they were interested.
What is your source for this information? I have been monitoring multiple sources and have not seen anything of the sort (United looking for paycuts) as of now.
I'm hoping you tell us that your source is one of idiots who post on APC or perhaps the JBLU FA who started the 'United is buying JBLU' rumor a couple of years ago that didn't really die until coronavirus.
I have, to date, seen zero from either UALALPA or UAL management hinting at paycuts. Not much overall news, except that we can expect to be offered more leaves of absence (0 hrs pay) and surplus reduction lines (50 hrs pay). If one views those as paycuts, OK - but not a pay
rate cut.
It's safe to say that there are some pretty intense discussions going on right now at all airlines and I'm sure there's a whole gamut of options on the table at every airline. All we can do is prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
We're all in the airline business so we're all screwed. Take care of each other and watch out for fellow workers who get deeply depressed - there have already been a couple of suicides out there. .
In closing, this calls for a little bit of Ozzy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9yYJ6ZAYns
All the best to everyone.