Originally Posted by
FlyingDawgg
You sure? My buddy had zero income and had to file for unemployment. He was 9 days from checkride.
I think there was some uncertainty about their status at first.
OO does not consider pilot trainees as employees, so they most likely initially sent them home without pay.
As the CARES act criteria became clear, I think they decided they would need to keep paying them in order to retain their eligibility. May have been a missed paycheck in there, but I'm pretty sure they should be on the payroll from now until 01 Oct.
I wouldn't give OO too much credit, they just didn't want to try to split hairs with congress over the exact definition of "furlough".