PotatoChip

The company is offering people the chance to leave and come back within 90 days.
No seniority is lost.
I know of at least one person personally who had done this.

c402fr8er

They come back at their old seniority, but do not accrue longevity while they were gone, up to 1 year after leaving.

Whassup

Wow. Your union agreed to this? What did the pilot group get in return? Seems unfair to those who stick it out and did not resign.

PhantomHawk

Movement. That’s what they get. This policy emboldens people to move on, knowing they can come back if they blow it somewhere else. Aside from that, how many people are actually going to come BACK to an operation like c5 or XJT if they succeed at an LCC or Major?

JediCheese

Let's be technical. This was agreed in LOA #3 (updated in LOA #4).

You have a right to return for 120 days. After that, the company may rehire you and you return with your seniority up to 1 year from date of leaving. This is a one time shot deal.

Lots of people are finding the grass is not nearly as green on the other side of the fence as they thought.

PotatoChip

Lots of people??
How many have left and come back?

Bgood

I guess 2. Based on the WAR report.

PotatoChip

Exactly how many I had thought. I would say that's far from "lots". :roll eyes:
The VAST majority of people leaving C5 are finding that the grass is, in fact, much greener. Especially considering the number leaving for other regionals and not coming back.

PosRateGearUp

Let's also not forget that a fair number of the people leaving are getting hired at majors/ LCCs, so it's not all regional transitions. Speaking generally, I think it says a lot that 2 came back. The grass may be greener, but only because of all the dog turds that fertilize it.

PotatoChip

Some, yes. In the 15 months I spent there I saw ONE go to SWA (and he had 8000 hours of heavy int'l time), two go to Spirit, one to Kalitta, and ZERO to AA, FDX, or UPS.

Other than UA through the CPP, it's very rare that anyone leaves C5 for a decent airline through what I've seen. I saw many leave for Envoy, Endeavor, Air Wisconsin, corporate, SkyWest, Northern Air Cargo, Southern etc. From my class of 29 only 15 months ago, I believe there are only 10 left. The best airline any of them left for that I know of is JetBlue (and again, he had thousands of heavy hours). That's what I saw, if many people left for good places, by all means, post it.

Those are facts. Unfortunately it seems that C5 does not have a good reputation among some of the majors. I've been to job fairs and have witnessed the bias. This is one of MANY reasons that I chose to leave and recommend others stay away. Just my informed opinion.