I do not think a lot of people will take the early out due to the state of the economy. My guess would be a total of 50 people at the most. I’m sure some people are waiting to see what the company is going to do about Long term COLAS and voluntary furloughs and opt for that option instead of early out.

No one knows how many people will take the early out, so the company has no way of giving an exact day of separation, and I cannot blame them for that. I’m not defending CMR or ALPA, that’s just the way it is. On a previous post, it was mentioned that anyone taking the early out qualifies for unemployment income. If that is true, some people might opt for the early out and take advantage of any educational help the government might to go back to school.

Anyone needing more information on the early out program should participate in the conference call today between 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm. The phone number and pass code are on the latest issue of FastTrack sent to your company email on January 16th.