Originally Posted by
mrmak2
Honest question: since many are displacing into a full qualification course regardless, what’s to stop a furlough of say 4000, 5000, 6000 etc on Oct 1 (and if demand returns then just 100-200 per month recall back to TK for training into available vacancies)? The ones who are above the furlough and who fit into the post-furlough plan would be trained immediately. I mean what does it really take to bring someone back after 3 months or more? Yes there is landings class and maybe a recurrent depending on how long it goes if it’s not a full qualification.
I don’t want to sound negative but I could very easily see a case to let a bunch of people go Oct 1 and then pick up the pieces once the dust settles, but with everyone off the payroll. I am hoping otherwise of course.
Once you get into the 3-4000 range, you are talking about 3.5 to 4.5 months of furlough pay in addition to the vacation payout that everybody receives..
Depending upon UAL's forecast for summer '21 there's no cost saving to short term furloughs. In fact, it's probably more expensive than just offering ESRLs for that seniority range.