Myself, along with gtechpilot, will be meeting with Delta Community Credit Union next week to try and set up an ASA Furlough Fund account. Hopefully, we can encourage donations into the account from fellow ASA pilots to help defray the cost and mitagate the effects of the furlough, until such time that a recall is made.

Setting up the account will be easy......the hard part will be encouraging folks to chip in. The next hardest part will be figuring out how to disburse the funds in accordance with the Federal Labor Laws. BUT Where there's a will, there's a way. ASA has never furloughed up until this point, but these are unprecedented economic times. We can certainly show our fellow pilots that we care about there situations.

The ASA MEC has shown interest in assisting in our efforts, and we welcome their help. If anyone else is interested, please email me at [email protected] with your thoughts and ideas.

Please remember, none of us are immune to furlough in this industry. Please consider helping where you can. More info to follow.........

Robert Banks
ASA First Officer