Have you been flying recently? Nearly half of the passengers I've had were deadheading crew. Over half of the rest were non-revs, some of those were crew-members commuting to work or other employees just taking advantage of empty airplanes. The result has been mostly empty airplanes, mostly empty airports, and mostly empty TSA.

Here’s a question, relatively new to the industry. When a pilot is recalled from furlough, do they start back day 1 of indoc to get qualified. Or if it a short ground school AQP type situation if lapsed?

It has nothing to do with flying recently, the numbers can still be shocking to see them.

Depends upon the length of time one is off the property. Most training programs have a re-qualification program in place along with initial, recurrent, transition and upgrade.

At my company after a leave of absence, furlough included, you just have to take an MV/LOE and then do OOE with a line check. Depending on how long you were gone usually they will give you at least a simulator session or two before you have to take the checkride.

Furloughs at the regionals is a new thing, but in the past, most furloughs lasted years. Mine was 5. When you’re out that long it’s a shortened requal indoc program and then off to the full systems course. This turned out to be serious enough that we have nothing to compare it to. How long this last, or how the industry will look coming out, is anyone’s guess.

I spent 2 years on the street at Xjet. When we returned we did the full new hire syllabus

At my airline the AQP program says full course after 2 year. Leas then that its a 1 day ground. 2 prep sims the CQ grnd,mv,loe.. if they recall you to the other aircraft in our fleet. Its the full course..

dod you keep your senority and pay?

Yes, when you are furloughed you keep your seniority number and come back at whatever longevity pay scale you were at.