Originally Posted by
Temocil27
It would take actual years for the company to furlough and get bodies in different seats. Between the furlough proceedings, the system bid to bid, the arduous process of bidding month by month for the few training slots
available, then the actual training footprint for the new type rating? Years. That’s our furlough protection
Yes, it will take a while to play the seat shuffle game, and in the mean time, the company would use the excuse that they don't have enough lift and wet lease everything they possibly can, which is their ultimate goal anyway, based on the scope changes they tried to get in TA1.
Would we get full wet lease payments? I doubt it, under whatever emergency clause the company has hidden in the contract, which we will lose in a grievance.
If the company wanted us to fly the planes, we would have this type of furlough protection, but they don't. They want to wet lease everything they possible can to the lowest bidder.
The company no longer cares about the "world on time", since they have scrubbed it from our airplanes. All they care about is money, and sharing as little as possible of it with you.
They don't care about you, or your family. "FedEx cares" might have been true 10 years ago, but those days are long gone.
You are just a number, and if they can replace you with a cheaper number, they will at their first opportunity.
If the company does a cost benefit analysis and determines it is cheaper to furlough and wet lease, they will do it. Count on it.