Originally Posted by
Purpleanga
If the company you're going to doesn't require you to give up your seniority what is the interest for the company you're being furloughed from to make you give up the seniority? You're a trained pilot and when hiring picks up again it's going to cost less to put you in flying status than a street guy. Someone explain. I'm pretty sure Trans States doesn't make you give up your seniority number if you go somewhere, I could be wrong.
The memo said that ASA was trying to negotiate with GoJet so that GoJet wouldn't require ASA pilots to give up their seniority number once hired. That negotiation fell through so ASA pilots will be forced by GoJet to give up their seniority number at ASA once hired.
I heard that Mesaba was also requiring furloughed pilots to give up their seniority numbers once hired.
What I wonder is if they require the same thing of furloughed major pilots and if so what major pilots do while on furlough.