Originally Posted by 767pilot

That whole thing was a mess. Yes, other airlines have parked fleets of three man airplanes and then told the age 60's that they no longer had a job (UAL). As we were having people hit 60 while we had the 8's, 74's, and 72's it was no problem slipping the guys into FE seats. Once filled though, teh problem came with what do you do to the next guy. Easy to say, "no seat, see ya", but what if he was senior. Should he have had bumping rights? I'm sure that the company tried to do it as cheaply as possible, and I'm fairly certain that our contract forced things to go as they did. Remember, we still had three man planes and >60 engineers when the rule changed to let people fly in window seats.

Any FDX guys want to chime in with how it happens there? Did you furlough >60 guys back then when the engineer seats were filled, give them bumping rights, or just add to the head count of engineers?