Originally Posted by
EMBFlyer
I personally wasn't. I left AA on my own accord, but I was I done with the place.
I know the actual furlough was very short, but it was technically a furlough, none the less. That was painfully evident when it came time to train the recalled pilots back up and the length of time it took to requal them.
Whether I was personally furloughed or not is irrelevant. I was just correcting a small amount of the piles and piles misinformation that plagues this site (and others).
I specifically said that AA furloughed and then unfurloughed very shortly later. With back pay. I don’t intend nor desire to minimize how terrible the experience was. That said, Delta also had the exact same nightmare with recalling and training their pilots that they benched too, despite not officially furloughing. The training snafu doesn’t add any weight to whether or not a furlough occurred. It’s just a reflection of managements’ bad decisions.