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Old 08-20-2009 | 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by RockyBoy
In order for a moving policy to be satisfactory now it will need to pay off our mortgages since most of the guys getting shuffled (07-08 hires) bought houses that are now worth alot less than they were two years ago. I'd have to sell my $200K house for at least a $30K loss if I wanted to move in the next two years, that makes it impossible for me to move even if they pay realtor fees and moving expenses. In addition to that, the human toll of up-rooting your family every couple of years cannot be compensated. What needs to be done is we need to improve the reserve system so you can sit long call from any city in the U.S. and improve the commuting policy to what the DAL-N guys had. That way we don't have to move.
When you wish upon a star......

To many pilots and to much money to have executive moves like that. We may get a few of them but they will never buy off a house.

I see them giving us a better commuting policy first. (Or the will not make us eat the cost and just move)

I am down over 100K in my house, but I know for a fact that DAL is never going to pay for that. If I see for a better QOL, and not commute, that will be my choice. That is why they allow commuting today.