Originally Posted by
Itsajob
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.
Where exactly in the act does it state "published hourly rates". It just says "pay rate" in everything I've read. Getting your pay cut in half is certainly a change in one's pay rate. If the Act wasn't meant to protect people's historic take home pay, why did the application for the government money require applicants to document historic salaries?