In a (probably futile) effort to prevent every thread from becoming about COVID we will try this:
Originally Posted by
CX500T
The two big problems I see with that:
Not official numbers, but when I did a cursory count, we have something like 700-800 of the 1700 that don't have a category to go back to.
-Plane is gone, in case of M88s
-Base is gone, in case of CVG
-Category is probably 'unholdable' at our seniority now, in the case of the 7ER & 765
-Any of us who were Captains, that isn't happening. Even left to right seat is a full ride I think.
I'm 300 into the UNAs. I was NYC7ERB going to NYC73NA when this grand overreaction to a virus began.
How are we going to rationalize a very junior to me guy who left the 73NB or 220B, now back on that, making far more than my 717B UNA pay, when I'm not even given a choice.
Company made this disaster, partially in anti union posturing. . They can live with it.
Note that out peer competitor (United) hasn't done as crazy of a a displacement and training nightmare. Can't speak to American, haven't really looked closely at their situation.
“Grand overreaction to a virus”