Originally Posted by
TonyWilliams
If all the West guys/gals were fired for not paying, how many East guys are still on furlough to immediately replace them?
With slowing of major hiring, tons of regional guys would probably be willing to accept jobs there. Also, with numerous airline failures just this year, there are pilots out there looking for a job.
Plus, it's almost a given that USAPA would sue if they weren't fired. Probably part of the plan to get their East guys back off the street.
Seems to be playing into their hands. Not sure I would take that gamble on the West.
There are no remaining east furloughs...the combined company has been hiring off the street for about a year now. New hires have gone mostly east, a few west.
The regional pool won't help in this case. No airline could train 1600 pilots immediately...no airline could train that many in a year.
They cannot fire just a few at a time...those fired could claim correctly that they were unjustly singled out.