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Even one person furloughed is too many, but hopefully it doesn’t reach the point to those eligible for six months furlough pay.
I too hope that no one is furloughed, but I assume JBLU language is similar to what's in most ALPA contracts concerning furlough protection, and during 9/11, those furloughs were deemed out of the companies control even though those were actually MUCH MORE of an economic downturn related than this time during a pandemic and the 9/11 event was just the trigger which allowed the company to correct to the size that needed to be obtained for the current demand.Originally Posted by nuball5
I don’t have it in front of me, but I believe there’s an excerpt where circumstances beyond their control doesn’t include the state of the economy. So I’m sure that’s what ALPA will argue, and the company will have the opposite viewpoint.Even one person furloughed is too many, but hopefully it doesn’t reach the point to those eligible for six months furlough pay.
Back then the arbitrator declared it was out of the companies control and allowed two months pay.
I was furloughed during that time, I will say that I found work quite quickly because starting on 9/12 I planned on being furloughed and started looking immediately. When my furlough came in November of that year, I was already on my way to a new job, but those who did not plan on the furlough were often a day late on getting on with their lives. Even those who were at the bottom of the list (not furloughed but close) experienced a less than desirable work situation as they were repeatedly displaced from base to base and sometimes to other equipment as the airline gyrated at its smaller state for awhile before the trajectory turned. Many of them would rather of found something stable to do in the mean time on a LOA rather than suffering that experience for a few years. You can always come back when/if things get better.