Update......

Made some contacts with a Trust Fund Management Company through an old friend. Not sure that they are the solution to administering the fund, but they did give me some advice.

Also, I was contacted by an ASA Flight Attendant who has experience in setting up a 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization. She has indicated that she would be willing to help guide us into setting up one of our own.

Finally, I contacted the Delta Air Line MEC office regarding their Emergency / Furlough Relief Fund. Since they've been down this road before, they chose to do the same thing that we are proposing. I'm Just waiting on a return phone call from the DAL Committee Chairman in charge of the fund

If they've got this thing down pat, there is no need for us to "re-invent the wheel". Hopefully, they can give us some guidance on how to get this off the ground.

More info to follow........

 

Yep i only get $700 a month. And trust me that doesn't come anywhere close to my monthly expenses. I'm hurting to say the least... So don't think i don't know what it feels like.
I'm just saying from what i've seen so far the majority of the pilot group in any airline is just looking out for themselves. Hence why i don't think this will work.

 

Have you talked to the Captains you fly with? I would like to believe what they have told me and if what they told me it their true feelings then we may get a lot of ppl putting into it. The more negative talk from ASA ppl about this, the more negative attitudes it can generate about this idea.

 

What's a ppl? I always thought that was short for private pilot land.

 

Trackpilot is right. I hope for all of the folks at ASA that this ends up working for you guys but we tried it at PSA and it FAILED miserably. We couldn't even get any of the active pilots to chip in for COBRA. Then just to add insult to injury the company told us that even though the contract says 6 months jumpseat that since we could not actually jumpseat per TSA regs that they were willing to give us 90 days non rev. Again hope it works for you but i have no faith it will.

 

Hmm should of thought about that before using that short hand on this webpage. PPL in aviation terms your right. PPL is short hand TX/CHAT = People.

 

Well, unless every Captain that have mentioned donating to the fund is telling me a lie to simply make me feel better. . .I've got a great feeling this will help out a number of our guys.

 

Why is this not being addressed through your reps and the MEC? It doesn't seem like this has been mentioned to any extent in previous posts.

A resolution should be put forward to assess the pilots say .25% for 6 months to build up a furlough pilot fund. This fund would be used to pay the COBRA benefits or any other medical premiums the pilot is able to find on his/her own if cheaper. At the end of 6 months, the MEC can assess how much is in the fund and if it is enough to pay benefits for the foreseen future. If more money is needed, it could be extended for 3 or 6 more months. These would have to be put to pilot vote but would be a short-term assessment for a specific purpose.

This is exactly what we did here at CAL.

 

we already pay union dues

 

And that is relevant to the discussion how?