Originally Posted by
LifeNtheFstLne
They furloughed because they can.
Across every base and aircraft (seat and type), too many guys continue to be hogs at the trough.
I dare anyone to dispute that fact. It's pathetic.
Disclaimer: I'm one of CAL's 147.
It was more than disheartening to sit on the sidelines because the company couldn't afford to pay me $30/hr to sit in the right seat of a 737... at the same time that the company happily paid scabtains $250/hr to fly in the right seat because they didn't have enough pilots.
Some of those right seat wonders had no choice, as they were junior Captains (capital C) on reserve. Others scabtains were those from '83 who happily took the bonus pay and pointed out that they were acting within their contractual rights.
Now, the manpower is a mute point, and future orders are irrelevant. The limiting factor seems to be how fast CAL can get Q-400s over at Colgan. Any aircraft orders at CAL must be offset by the fact that CAL still has 43 737-500s that they want to get rid of.