Originally Posted by
Commando
The Astar/ABX guys keep throwing out numbers of Job loses. 5,000 here, 10,000 there.
If this is true, why are 90% of you guys still flying and employed? For all the Dire quotes posted, why so few furloughs?
How many have been forloughed today? 50 or less? And dont give me the letters sent out, that could change today. All I hear is about the Job losses, and the number is so small it's laughable.
Until they forlough 75%, I don't want to hear the whining. Because so far it hasn't matched your complaining. Not even close.
And alot can happen between now and June.
Those numbers include ground personnel. I don't recall anyone "complaining" on here really. Just defending our right to fight for our careers instead of just rolling over and giving up so (some) Brownies can be happy. I recommend the "Youse guys are spoiled" thread. It's more fun than this one is. It is amazing to me the amount of time spent here on UPS furloughing. You want to talk about whining? Holy bat crap! Here is the obvious: 1. Have not happened and 2. Even Brown management apparently says isn't going to happen. Now, that's whining! The furloughs are starting at ABX now. The entire whisperjet fleet at Astar is in the process of being parked now as well. Four a/c per weekend are being shuttled off to the CVG ramp. Statistically that's over half of the total fleet. So don't worry Commando. Soon you'll get to see the real shutdown start.