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Mesaba would know because on the first day, you will be asked to sign a letter saying you're resigning, which then gets sent to HR at the company you're resigning from. Mesaba will then follow up to ensure the pilot has truly resigned. A chief pilot could never shred a letter they would never see.
If I was Comair, I would tell you everything you wanted to hear and recall my guys in order of seniority so I could recoup the cost of training them and barely using them. I wouldn't care about your need for a resignation letter to employ a pilot that I spent thousands of dollars training in aircraft that I was projecting to be flying. Some might come back, some might not... but you bet I would have a list of all the people I furloughed and they would be on my list to call back when the time comes.
Business is one big ethical dilemma isn't it?