Originally Posted by
Itsajob
section 1-I says that no pilot on the seniority list as of 1/23/16 can be furloughed with less than 90 days advanced written notice.
section 7-A-1 says that they have to give at least 30, but not more than 120 days notice.
The company can make a general statement that they will most likely have to furlough X number of pilots whenever they want to, but the official notification to the actual employee is what counts and is listed above. Basically, anyone on the list as of 1/23/16 has to be notified between 90-120 days. People hired after that date can be notified 30-120 days out. June 3rd is 120 days prior to October 1, so any time after that is fair game for the official notification.
This is correct.
Practically the company will not notify the senior pilots hired prior to Jan 2016 that they are being furloughed before they announce it to the pilots junior to them. That basically creates a window of 90-120 days, which is the start of June to the end of June if they are targeting October 1st.
I believe the furlough announcement will closely follow the next displacement bid award later in June, but as Lee pointed out they could pull the trigger on the announcement at the 120 day mark.
SP