Originally Posted by
IDriveJets
I’m a simpleton so I’m still trying to wrap my head around why we’d be recalled March 2nd (yes I know we’ll get paid from December onwards) and then furlough again at the end of March, makes zero sense to me and I don’t know what we’d accomplish out of it.
The government will give money to the airline for all (of most anyway) of their payroll under the condition that they recall everyone on furlough who wants to return and backpay them from December. Because it is so late in the month, we will be active starting in March.
However, the deal only requires the company keeps us until April, then we can be furloughed again. Because business travel is still so so low, they don't need to keep us employed at all really, so come April it's back on the street for most of us.