Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Airlines will hire this month to cover flights next month even while they are printing furlough letters for the month after that. Manpower managers at airlines don't get fired for training a pilot and then furloughing him a few weeks down the road. They do get fired for cancelling flights due to predictable staff shortages.
An airline making a silly financial decision? Wow, imagine that!
Unfortunately that is very true. I applied to TSA back in March, called the next week for an interview, hired the next day and called the following week to be told the company would be furloughing 120 pilots. Needless to say I didnt go there.