Originally Posted by
Clearedtocross
Yes, whole bunch of them wanted to furlough and create 1000s of training cycles rather than fly a reduced schedule for a few months and enjoy a little time with family. These people seem wired differently. Life for them isn’t about community, doing what’s best for the team, or safety, it’s about acquiring more “stuff” for themselves no matter the cost to others. It’s called, looking for happiness where it cannot be found.
Funny how some of the loudest voices out there advocating for junior to pay their dues never even got furloughed...
And yeah OO did that during COVID. A handful of super senior guys were against taking the reduced lines but the pilot group had no problem flaming and shaming them to oblivion. Most of all got put on reserve on reduced our lines. I basically got to sit at home paid and only came in to fly every 60ish days for currency. As soon as flying started coming back, most pilots were ready to go and everyone got to keep their jobs. I'm just a lowly line pilot but it seemed pretty brilliant to me.