Originally Posted by
steadyeddy
For what it is worth BL told us in ground school during a Q+A that they are considering hiring before bringing back COLA/ELS's. They would rather be overstaffed for a bit and ready for recovery than caught with their pants down. To a follow up question he said if they hire while there are still COLA-0's out there the new hires would begin training with the understanding they too are COLA-0
So, the company is gonna hire pilots (most likely from other airlines and out of business regionals) and pay them new hire pay while in training while NOT paying seniority list pilots any sort of wage?
The union is ok with this?