Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Don’t get me wrong, abuse of the USERRA does occur, and both the military and the airlines need to be able to stomp on it when it happens. But after accepting Billions in PSP, the airlines would be ill-advised to get churlish about supporting the legitimate requirements of Joe average reservist.
That was pre-covid, they'll probably lay off hassling the reservists for a good while now as you say.
But if the mil tried to implement a hybrid solution (Navy seriously considered this) where some reserves would be planned (obligated?) for a much higher participation than traditional, I doubt the airlines would see the humor in more of their pilots being gone for more time. I was a heavy traditional participant, any more and I would have needed to be chasing the AD 20 year pension. It's not a seamless sliding scale, there's a tipping point where people want the regular pension and behave accordingly. Or if it's not available, they'll behave accordingly, like TRs.