Originally Posted by
John Pennekamp
While a noble gesture, avoiding open time won't gt the furloughees back. Especially if you're a captain.
Now if the union sent a memo saying to avoid it, maybe that would be something, but they won't.
And sorry to hear about it for all of you. I hope it doesn't last as long as they think it will.
You must be new to the industry. The union can't put that in writing or they get sued. Look at UAL, AMR and DAL as poster children for having tried that.
Why won't it help? By avoiding open time you force the company to either cancel flights or retain pilots. If you are a Captain or FO is immaterial. Any open time not picked up as a Captain could bring back a Captain who was displaced to FO and then his vacancy is filled by a furloughee.
I hated seeing guys pad their pockets with greenslips when I was furloughed. The furloughed guys are taking a 100% cut so for anyone to pick up open time for a few extra hours is pathetic.