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I like how Soaper mentioned only the flight attendant options and said nothing about the pilots. There will be a ton of Captains moving back to the right seat soon... Maybe I'm just mad at the moment, but for this company...the ship has sailed.

Speedbird172

07-07-2008 12:34 PM

300? Good lord didn't know it would be that many. Time to prep the ol' resume!

Diver Driver

07-07-2008 12:45 PM

Dear Dave Soaper,

You suck.

Love,
Diver Driver

CRJDriver

07-07-2008 12:50 PM

Jesus f##### Crist guys! First off all, read the ENTIRE memo. Second, just because they say 300 pilots, doesn't mean you will get furloughed necessarily. They have already agreed on several voluntary options (part-time bid, base vacancy bids, early out opportunities, etc.)

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Originally Posted by From the Memo[quote

It is important to note that the number of displacements could still change based on the voluntary
options we can put in place. We informed the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) of the reduction in flying last week. Since then, we
published a joint letter to the flight attendants on July 3 stating that the company and the IBT have
agreed on several voluntary options lessening the impact to that work group.

Am I worried I might be out of a job soon? Sure, but I'm not going to get worked up about it and start crying like a little b*tch. Wait until the final numbers are out, until then just do your damn job.

Diver Driver

07-07-2008 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by CRJDriver (Post 420320)

Thank you for your thoughtful and constructive post.

PS: My girlfriend has some extra Midol if you need it.

Speedbird172

07-07-2008 12:57 PM

Meh I think we're just preparing for the worst, and what may be the inevitable. No one is hoping to be furloughed, but I think the number that came out is somewhat larger than we expected, so those of us hired over the last year or so are just bracing. I know personally I'd rather not wait til it's too late, I'd like to have something lined up juuust in case.

On Autopilot

07-07-2008 01:21 PM

Sorry to hear this news guys/gals. How far back does this affect the F/A's?

On Autopilot

07-07-2008 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Diver Driver (Post 420323)

Thank you for your thoughtful and constructive post.

PS: My girlfriend has some extra Midol if you need it.

SOMEBODY GOT OWNED!!!!

Diver Driver

07-07-2008 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by On Autopilot (Post 420346)

Sorry to hear this news guys/gals. How far back does this affect the F/A's?

At face value, if there were 220 furloughs (which there wont be that many on that side), it would go all the way back to a date of hire of May 20, 2005

SPDBOILER

07-07-2008 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by flyandive (Post 420292)

Check your email:

"We are still making minor adjustments to the number of pilot and flight attendant displacements, but the fall flight schedule calls for substantial reductions - 300 pilot positions and 220 flight attendant positions. For pilots, the displacement bid will affect both CVG and JFK CRJ captains. However, we expect the largest impact to be in our JFK base for both work groups.

The next step for flight attendants is to release a part-time bid no later than July 9. For pilots, we expect the displacement bid to be released no later than July 21."

I'm getting furloughed.

300 pilots is almost double what the forecast planning folks told our training class (June 2nd class) a few weeks back.

Oh well, back to studying.

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