Originally Posted by
pangolin
You need to quantify the unemployment. Unemployment from the state is a percentage of historical wages earned. Are you saying this less than 100% is going to exceed your FO pay? Benefits? Insurance (COBRA anyone?) Even with TEMPORARY federal support I doubt it's more money that with the MOU. IF you get to find out let us know. IF the government goes back to 600 a week extra unemployment then they likely do a PSP/CARES 2.0 and it's a moot point anyway.
You are correct, one won’t receive as much on unemployment without the cares act money. But a Mesa FO Who gets furloughed then decided to work at Amazon will make more money than one on 68 hours of Mesa pay. Toss is commuting to Mesa and getting furloughed is a lot better on their budget. Not to mention if pay is less than $2k per month if any benefits are taken so I didn’t include health insurance as someone taking home $2k has elected to not have insurance.