Originally Posted by
SIUav8er
Why are the contract employees being let go EXCEPT the QX and OO people? I can see an argument for keeping QX around, but why not park all the OO jets first? Were supposed to "Do the right thing" and all that other stuff, right? (Old news, but was surrounded by 00 jets at the gate this morning)
depends on the terms of the contract. Most individual contract workers are on month-to-month deals (why would an employer give them any more than that if they didn't have to?).
OO does not do short-term contracts (they typically buy the planes so need a long ROI period), so the cost to cancel would be high, and would probably have to be paid up front, in cash. Mid-term, it would cost less to let them keep flying the contract min.
QX probably has contract too... they are kind of "arms length" from AAG, which actually works to their advantage right now. A wholly owned with no contract could get their jets all parked for the duration.