Originally Posted by
full of luv
Good luck, all I was saying was that 9/11 furloughs were more economic reaction than pandemic so far and they were allowed to be used as Force Majeure and considered beyond the company's control to not only furlough, but pay the reduced furlough pay.
Agreed, and the industry-standard furlough clauses after 9/11 were written with that 20/20 hindsight. When my 9/11 airline was in BK, the lawyer from ALPA National told us our No-Furlough clause wasn’t worth the paper it was printed on. His exact words.
He said that going forward, furlough protection would have to take the form of making it very specific and financially painful to furlough, without saying they can’t furlough.
Our furlough section clearly spells this out. Even in BK, the company is obligated to follow this section, unless we give it away as concessions or they take it in 1113. Will they follow the contract? That’s a different question altogether.