Any news over at Horizontal... Havn't heard anything in about 2 week?

 

Parking all remaining Q200s in OCT. Offering early out packages, that are a total joke, to senior RJ captains. They are planning to cut operations just like everyone else this fal, 13% reduction in departures in the Fall schedule. No actual furloughs announced, but I wouldn't doubt if they have an excess of pilots come OCT. The only good news, the RJs might be around a little longer than originally planned.

 

No official announcement yet, however the VP of Flight Ops yesterday said the number of furloughs will be 87 beginning in November.

 

Two words: Not Good.

 

Check Horizon Employee web. Its posted there.

Basically 87 furloughs starting in November.

Okay here I'll post it

"Fall Reduction Projection
Hello again. We’ve been working over the last several weeks to process the fall schedule, and generate training and staffing plans to match. We’re still working several areas to reduce both furloughs and downgrades (more on that below), but based on our best projection, including forecast attrition assumptions, we now intend to reduce the pilot group by 87 pilots beginning in the fall. While this isn’t the official notice required by the agreement, we believe the timing will be as follows:

• November: 41 pilots
• December: 21 pilots
• January: 15 pilots
• February: 10 pilots

Exact dates within those months will be finalized closer in, but for now it would be safe to presume the first of each calendar month.

As I said, we’re still working to minimize those numbers. We have recently announced the early-out option for CRJ captains, and are discussing even more creative solutions with the EXCO. While we have had differences of opinion of various subjects over the years, minimizing the effects of furloughs and downgrades of our pilots is a subject that both teams are passionate about, and are working together to find solutions. I very much appreciate the efforts of both the EXCO and Chief Pilot’s office, and look forward to sharing more details in the coming weeks.

I’ll be in the SEA crew lounge tomorrow, and have time scheduled in PDX next week, to answer any questions or discuss any issues. Of course, I’ll take any questions via this site, First Class, email, phones, or drive-by’s in the interim.

We continue to operate a safe and reliable airline for our customers, with our June statistics second only to Hawaiian Airlines. I very much appreciate all of your efforts."

 

So how far up on Date of Hire does 87 go anyway?

 

It goes back to 12/27/2006 AFAIK.

 

That sucks.. I know all the guys in that class.. I hope they all went elsewhere

 

12/ 2006? wow i wasn't expecting it to go that far back

 

they dont hire that rapidly and no one ever leaves. Except for me, DR Pepper, Dash8 and few others. LOL