Originally Posted by
dogismycopilot
Probably not as old as you, but the guys sitting to my left that used to work at Emory sure complain a lot about getting left in the cold.
From their description of circumstances, Emory was bought by UPS and shut down. They were not offered positions at Brown. If I am off base on this, please let me know. The captians I fly with are never prone to exaggeration
I guess my point was, that while many years removed from what you are going through now, Emory pilots faced all the same struggles and uncertainties that go along with unemployment. In speaking with the 3 former Emory guys I know, they thought they might have had a shot at a job at UPS following what happened between the two companies (again, my history is a little fuzzy, so correct me if I am wrong). For whatever reason, they did not get that opportunity, and ended up on the street.
UPS aquired a company called Menlo, which was what was left of CF Emery after they went bankrupt and where force to turn in their certificate to the FAA over maintenance issues. The ex-CF Emery pilots filed a lawsuit attempting to get numbers at UPS, it failed. All of Menlos freight was being flown by companies like Kitty Hawk, etc.