Evergreen Furlough
Evergreen Furlough
09-18-2011 | 01:22 PM
#2
Line Holder
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 42
Likes: 0
From: Doghouse Captain
No furloughs announced but the rumor is 8 furloughs. With all the open time it doesn't make a lot of sense but there is a big negotiating session this week in DC. Perhaps that has something to do with it?
Last edited by Banzai Beagle; 09-18-2011 at 03:14 PM.
09-19-2011 | 06:29 AM
#3
Line Holder
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 56
Likes: 0
From: dinosaur wrangler
Sadly, picking up open time while guys are out on furlough is also a time honored tradition. In a recurrent ground school class in late 2009 (the last time Evergreen furloughed after UPS peak was Jan 1, 2009), one of the pilots remarked to another pilot "Hey, you said you are just coming back from furlough? I thought all the furloughs were back. If you were still furloughed, why have we all been picking up so much open time?"
The list of guys on furlough is published each month on the bid packet. If you bid, then you saw the list.
As long as guys like John T (rhymes with calamity) and 'Bubba' are around (the worst offenders, but hardly the only ones), the culture will be hard to change.
09-22-2011 | 07:27 PM
#8
Banned
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,007
Likes: 0
From: Space Shuttle PIC
Amazing how Evergreen can even attract pilots in good times with their layoff track record. No way I would ever want to work there. I guess the 747 type and experience Evergreen paid for will be valuable to better operators like Kalitta, Southern and Atlas... Probably a good thing for those pilots.
09-23-2011 | 07:51 AM
#9
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 561
Likes: 0
From: non acceptus excretus
Evergreen is kind of a step in the journey for some, but it tends to leave a truly "lasting impression" on those who have worked there....The legends of "Bobby Beeno" and the promises in the 1980's of "we never furlough at Evergreen"......Back then if they needed to reduce pilot numbers they just stopped training and attrition took care of it....Or they went on an inquisition and thinned out the ranks that way....Any way for those who wonder why anybody would work there the answer is "If you have to ask you probably wouldn't understand." .
09-26-2011 | 11:30 AM
#10
Line Holder
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 845
Likes: 1
From: UPS Captain
Evergreen is kind of a step in the journey for some, but it tends to leave a truly "lasting impression" on those who have worked there....The legends of "Bobby Beeno" and the promises in the 1980's of "we never furlough at Evergreen"......Back then if they needed to reduce pilot numbers they just stopped training and attrition took care of it....Or they went on an inquisition and thinned out the ranks that way....Any way for those who wonder why anybody would work there the answer is "If you have to ask you probably wouldn't understand." .
What else are you hearing about future prospects?
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
CaribPilot
Regional
25
07-28-2008 07:46 AM
