Originally Posted by
SurelySerious
Some numbers were thrown out there as to how much it costs for training and how many months DAL would have to furlough for it to be cost effective for the company. I have a question for anyone near my seniority (less than 1k from bottom).
Can we look at UNA as a SIL, except its only determined by our seniority number? What magic number of hours would the company have to pay us to be able to keep us in that category vs having to furlough us?
I would take 40 hours in UNA vs being furloughed. Just throwing numbers out.
Could this be a possible scenario? It'd be more cost efficient for the company than the 55 hour SIL that was initially offered.
The first person triggering an actual cost post 10/1 is one who is qualified and must be replaced. If you have a seniority number, you made the list and ALPA and the pilot group are with you.... but for costing to the company? The first qualified pilot that must be replaced (the A220B in NYC, realistically) is the first “point of cost” in the cost equation. Anything over that, is currently pure expense to the bean counters based on latest comms. As it stands the first person they “need” drops into the furlough language costing a lot of money in changes at the RJ level. Realistically, it appears the company is looking at everyone hired in 2017 and later as “excess”. How that all gets drawn down is likely headed to a grievance situation as the bottom guys are NYC 220B, which also are on the bottom of the seniority list, and the company is using UNA above. That’s going to get expensive in this FUD campaign, with any future AE- evidently looking at base seniority- which isn’t existent, CARES ACT, or reality that the company will put more senior pilots into a lower paying UNA position above junior pilots. Hold on to your hat kids, the show will start soon.