Originally Posted by
Avroman
I'd be shocked to see more Than 10 pilots (out of almost 1200) take this early retirement.... This isn't anywhere close to the buyout offered to the Delta guys a year or two ago..... If Southwest hadn't suspended classes maybe some of those poolies would have taken it but then again if that were the case the company likely wouldn't be offering the early out...
No buyout offer was made to Delta pilots since 1996. That was the last early retirement program offered. You had to take the program right then. In the last 12 years there have been no early retirement programs.