Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
yeah those that think they are just going to ride the gravy train at min gurantee and never work are going to end up being ****ed when they make the equivilant of of the pilots that went out early commuting to reserve. The next two years are going to be a **** show, why those other 600 decided to put themselves through it it is a little baffling. By the time things get better they will be walking out the door, the ones that took this deal will be the smart ones.
thanks to all those who took the early out and helped save jobs.
Many don’t commute. Being one year to retirement making 73 hrs reserve guarantee beats 50 hrs for the early out if they don’t anticipate flying much. With the lower line values, empty lines, and greatly reduce schedules, they could be banking on others scrambling for hours leaving the senior widebody reserve pilot very little to do. Most who took the early out did it because they wanted to leave and the terms were acceptable, not to make a personal sacrifice to potentially save a furloughed pilot.