Originally Posted by
ERflyer
They didn’t furlough but they declared bankruptcy, cut pay by 42% in two steps, jettisoned the Delta pilot pension and absolutely shredded the contract. They didn’t have to furlough.
You're getting some dates mixed up. We started furloughing in late 2001. We continued to all while that other stuff was going on. All furloughees were recalled by 2007. The longest had been out 5 1/2 years. The company would have loved to furlough in 2008, but didn't. Some clever language in the contract had something to do with that. We haven't had a pilot on involuntary furlough since 2007.