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Deathray
If this true, those in the bottom 1/3 might be worse off than just taking a furlough. For me, not only would I be losing 50% pay, I’d also lose 3 months furlough pay, a 90 day notice, vacation pay payout, plus the need to tell my temporary employer “oh yeah, I’ll need 7 days off per month, but I won’t know which ones until two weeks’ prior to the next month.” All to work for half-pay starting immediately? I don’t know. We’ve budgeted for a cut in pay starting mid March of next year. Not suddenly in Oct. If this is the deal, I’m not sure...
Those are valid concerns, but also think long terms. If the company furloughs 3,900, the possibility of a merger now becomes more of a reality. It seems like most of the LCC are seating around 4-5k pilots. Kirby is not gonna wait around to get 3,900 pilots trained, it will take more than three years most optimistic scenario to get everyone back on the property while he is losing money. Acquiring LCC can be done in less than a year, and while you’re serving “FPTLD” sentence, there won’t be any rush to get you back on the property. Now that furloughs turns into 8-10 years, and the guys on the property will shrug their shoulders when you come back saying it’s life, things happen, we’ve seen it before while they’re still enjoying their original seniority. At the end when the AIP runs out and they decide to furlough, you’ll still get your three months + Vacations.