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Originally Posted by Banzai Beagle
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?
Doubt it. Evergreen has a history of furloughing after UPS peak over the last decade. Many CA's @ Evergreen seem to think that this is just part of working for Evergreen, though, just about every CA has also been furloughed themselves @ one time or another too.
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.