Originally Posted by
sailingfun
We were not lucky to have no pilots furloughed. It was a carefully planned and executed strategy to over time layer in multiple financial penalties if the company were to attempt to furlough. I listened to Lee Moak talk about how to prevent furloughs right after he was elected and he detailed exactly what came to pass. Smart moves by the union prevented the furloughs not luck.
I absolutely agree and appreciate those steps but we can't discount what everyone was saying was the best furlough protection at the time- Compass.
More of that kind of stuff is always great, but we need, and they might be there already, penalties for top end international flying outsourcing with pilots on involuntary furlough.