Originally Posted by
Hedley
The flip side of the coin will be if the low value lines come back. The lower 1/3 who otherwise would have been furloughed will be complaining about how all of the senior pilots scoop every available trip to get their hours back to normal values while the junior get stuck with 35 hour lines and no hope of picking up flights.
While that is looking like it would have to be next October to see those numbers, as someone who was looking for another job in that bottom third, 35 hours of 737/320/756 pay is more than 80 hours at Amerijet and a lot less work. It's about twice + what I could get over at Lowe's. Unemployment is like 700 a week with Uncle Sam tossed in.
So yeah, 35 hours is better than a furlough... Especially for the middle tier dudes who get to keep their 787FO 320CA gigs AND Pay rates instead of being bottom reserve back in Newark for 100 bucks less an hour.