Originally Posted by
seven6
Putting an ax to furloughed guys that don't meet the requirements? I'm not sure I understand the reasoning behind that statement.
Furloughing them in the first place is an attempt to right size the company. Further giving them an ax? Not sure what that would accomplish. If anything grandfathering them in would help offset the pain management will see with finding qualified pilots in 2012 during the hiring boom.
The airlines are still fat with pilots and that is why they continue to furlough. At Comair specifically they are trying to get people to leave. They are offering numerous packages to get people out the door. If all of a sudden Delta found a loop hole that would allow them to get rid of excess slack, they would be all over it.
There will not be any shortage in 2012. If the industry has recovered by then, or is even on the way to recovery people will jump back in. There are thousands of pilots on the street furloughed right now and thousands more that have left the industry. They haven't died off and they are still out there lurking.