On the agenda for the special MEC meeting the other day was clearer rules for Union issued laptops to the volunteers; a clearer policy on buying the laptop when one chooses he/she no longer wants to be a volunteer or returning it to the union.....
....also discussed was the meeting between the union leadership and NG#4 and SB. Aparently NG#4 was pleased with what the union offered for furlough mitigation and was taking another look.
....NG#4 aparently also got 'permission' from Delta to offer buy outs to the pilots and flight attendants. It will be similar to the age 55 plan other employees have been offered. Approx. 400 pilots are eligible, but not nearly that many are expected to take it. Look for something to be posted about it on Monday. The window for this would be January 19th til I think Feb. 1.
....All this talk on EPIC mentioning 'slimming down' is aparently refering to the GO staff. We have the support structure for 1500-1600 pilots, but we all know we don't have that many on property anymore....it seemed like NG#4 understood that pilots already made their concessions in bankruptcy....
....NG#4 seemed to think that if another round of F-lows was needed, it wouldn't even be close to the numbers posted so far. This will hopefully be mitigated by any buyouts.
Hope this helps.
Best of luck to you out on the street.
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