Originally Posted by
FloridaGator
There are about 1100 pilots flying the line. This number will be reduced to 500 pilots (again... approximate). This means that 600 pilots are going to be asked to vote yes to a pay cut for the 7 to 18 months that they remain employees. Why would these people do this? They are losing their jobs anyway.
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FloridaGator,
I am not qualified as an evil airline executive, so I might be out to lunch here, but I think the theory goes something like this: Management announces these draconian personnel cuts and then comes back and says something like "Gee if you guys would just take a 20% pay-cut we might be able to come up with a plan B which would allow us to minimize the furloughs."
Don't buy it - management will do whatever they want anyway.
Scoop