Originally Posted by
FriendlyPilot
If any pilots leave for a LCC they should be automatically ineligible for rehire. A friend left United for FedEx and called last week to see if I though United would rehire him, even though he has given up 4,000 seniority numbers in the 18 months or so since he left.
Anybody who leaves on good terms and wants to come back should be eligible for rehire. Why should they not be? People make poor choices all the time, including poor career choices. With regard to FedEx specifically, the emperor finally appears to have no clothes. The image they have always had of perpetual growth, downturn immunity, and as a secure lifeboat for downtrodden legacy pax pilots to jump into is currently being shattered. If someone that went there realizes they made a bad move and wants to come back then hell yes, hire them. They can only be more experienced and grateful than when they left.