Originally Posted by
brocklee9000
I remember the literature saying somewhere “prior to your first day” or something along the lines of prior to employment.
So at this point, for the sake of philosophical debate, could one turn down the bonus now? Or leave prior to the 3 year mark and argue it wasn’t paid out in the pre employment time frame? I’m sure the latter is moot, good lawyers will have written that out of a contract.
Getting the payout AFTER you start has very little effect on you. You will likely still be held accountable if you leave. The problem would be that they would then be paying “employed” first year pilots outside of the CBA. The “pre-employment bonus” has everything to do with circumventing the CBA and current seniority list pilots, not whether or not they could hold you to the contract. Failing to meet the pre-employment timeframe will only have blowback on the company. Not you.