I'm confused do you work at RAH? Your position says BE1900D along with the pic in your avatar but you say "If we do furlough". Just curious.

Will RAH furlough. Who knows. Regardless of what the company says we aren't "FAT" on pilots. They've offered a few COLAs but even then I'm still sitting on a 90hr line I can't get rid of. I think they might regret having offered them.

The company's position is they have the CRJ's going away that they'll have to compensate for. We also have the 135s for DAL that are suppose to go away yet DAL is still using them. When the 135s are sent packing they'll be replaced with 170/175s.

Personally I feel that WH's podcast is mostly a scare tactic for contract negotiations. Nothing works better than spreading some FUD around. Things will most likely take a few steps before furloughs are handed out. COLAs will be offered company wide etc. We haven't seen that. If they do furlough there's no telling how many. Rumors are there will be training classes in August but those are nothing more than rumors.

If I were on the bottom I'd be worried and actively searching for other gigs just as a safety precaution. If we do furlough I'd look for it to be more towards the end of the year as more CRJs come offline. IMHO I don't expect us to however.