Originally Posted by
teamdothis
I think most people may be jumping the gun with the whole 300 pilots being furloghed. Its 300 staff that need to go(re-read the memo). While i do believe a large portion may come out of the pilot group in reality no one is safe. MX is being offered CLA's displacement notice is about to come out. MEC and MGMT sitll need to work out early buyout, COLAS, and voluntary F, so we should probably quit speculating and wait a week or so and find out what is really gonna happen. Also i wasnt here in '05 but if ive heard correctly didnt Comair threaten something like 400 furloghes and only 50 or so ended up being involuntairy? and werent many coming back to work just a few months after it began? take a chill pilll(preferbely one that wont show on a random test) say a prayer or dance around in a circle or whetever you do and just wait a min.
It is 300 pilots. Last time we furloughed in '05 mgt threatened for 300 positions. 200 were required, 125 took voluntary options and only 75 were kicked out on the street. The difference there was everyone who took voluntary options knew they would be back in 3 months... This time it could be indefinite... Dont expect many voluntary takers except for people really low on the list who do it so they can keep some bennies or whatever the package mgt offers...
So you dont have to go back and look it up, here is the excerpt from the email:
We are still making minor adjustments to the number of pilot and flight attendant displacements, but the fall flight schedule calls for substantial reductions - 300 pilot positions and 220 flight attendant positions. For pilots, the displacement bid will affect both CVG and JFK CRJ captains. However, we expect the largest impact to be in our JFK base for both work groups.