Originally Posted by
BRJPilot
It looks like Expressjet is planning to move quite a number of people from the left seat to the right seat, and rather quickly too. How is that not a reduction in pay rate? Semantics maybe, but it certainly doesn't meet the intent of the payroll protection stipulation contained within the act, does it? Are any other airlines doing this before October?
It isn’t a reduction in the published rate, just which rate is used. It meets every restriction. The protection was in the published hourly rates and the inability to furlough before October, not in a persons historic take home pay. My company just parked the entire 756 fleet for May. This could be temporary, or we could announce a big displacement bid soon to get the pieces in place for the October furlough. If that’s the case, people all over the system will get bumped down to lower take home pay, but the published hourly rates haven’t changed.
It sounds like XJT is getting their pieces in place for the October furlough as well. If they are displacing a bunch of captains, I’d be willing to bet that those TSA planes aren’t going to see the line any time soon, if ever.