More TSA Furloughs
 

30 more on May 15th....


I think they're back to April '07 DOH now, I could be wrong.

Anything for April, or are they jumping from March to May?

I talked to two guys both April '07, and they're May 15, but the 30 could easily encompass 2 class sizes here, so I'm not sure. When is the second March cut date...23rd?

They're just gonna furlough the entire pilot list soon

I am sorry to hear about the furloughs. Being out sucks. Were these furloughs planned or are these new?

Brand new...calls went out today.

Pretty sad.

I am speechless... Hang in there guys & gals...

April of '07???!?!? Damn... That's going deep...

This will probably double the will for the pilots to burn it down. There's nothing like lowering the morale of the pilots by announcing furloughs in advance while they hire and add more airplanes for the alterego.

15 more downgrades... Back to May 2004 hires.

Holy cow...is this because of the pulling of Connection's planes?? I thought those were planned?

I think this is more than the american flying...

Sorry guys. Hang in there.

Ah crap...hang in there guys! With any luck we'll all be back in the crew room before the sun explodes!

WHAT? 30 more, Tbucket you were in my class, did you hear anything more. That puts you and me pretty close to the bottom, for now.

This is horrible news guys. I'm very sorry to hear it. :( Good Luck to everyone effected.:(:(

For now, it looks like we're going to be on the bottom of the pile. I haven't heard anything in addition to these new 30... But we're up next on the chopping block.

I'm really hoping we can at least get moving towards being released to self-help before they can get rid of any more of us.

This is the point at which we should start to realize that the light at the end of the tunnel is a train. God speed.

Sorry man, but they deferred that light a while ago... Category F.. (for we're F.... well, you get it)...

They are already short staffed in St. Louis so they furlough more? They are sending people who live in St. Louis that were displaced to IAD to sit hotel reserve in STL to sit hotel reserve! Now more furloughs? I guess they think that this will make us sign that POS bridge proposal... I'm not taking a bite of that ****** sandwich!

In other news:


The Strike Center will be be staffed on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting on the 17th. The hours of operation will be from 10:00-14:00. We are still looking for volunteers to continuously staff the operation.


The number to the office is 1-877-587-2772 if you have any questions.

cant sit hotel reserve if your sick-- use it up-- if you're going to get furloughed , you;d be a fool to leave that on the table!

I was sitting airport reserve since 5a.m. on my birthday (march 12th) and about to get off when I got a phone call notifying me of my new pending furlough. FML

fmylife.com

That site is great way to burn the hours away.

APC shows June Furloughs too
 

Curious if anyone has heard or been notified of downgrades or furloughs for June. On the TSA page for APC it shows the 30 furloughs in May and an additional in 20 in June. Just seeing if there is any validity to that.

How could you be speachless.......its TSA.....this is the norm with that place. Good luck guys!

Rumore is that the next thing TSA mgmt is going to do is replace those little ID safety cards with these:

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/...-third-fai.jpg

First off, Im sorry to hear of the furloughs, being a furloughed pilot myself, i know it sucks. Second, if TSA is doing all this furloughing, and getting rid of pilots, where is all the flying go to. I have heard on the street that united is looking to get rid of TSA. Anyone shed some light in this??

Well, according to doug-e-fresh (and we all know how much weight that holds), united is actually pretty pleased with us since we did our ramp observations at ORD and IAD. We can only cattle prod so much to get out on time. Also, they have been doing their best to document why planes went out late...like when they dont start boarding until after departure time and then blame it on MX cause they happened to drive by the terminal 2 hrs prior. The only thing United could possibly have against TSA is that we're in negotiations. We all know that United wants the cheapest flying no matter how many passengers they **** off...and besides Mesa, we're it!

And I'll throw the flag on this one.

this is just flamebait, this is not a rumor going around...mostly because it does not make any sense.

god its my birthday and i'm thinking the same thing what was that site...?
You "ski-ers" should stick around ...im not down with those alter 700's next to me.

Not sure if everyone knows but there was a big MEC meeting this past Monday. Apparently Mr. Doughboy Leach let slip that 851 and 852 are returning to the lessors soon...at the end of their one year anniversary here. Not sure if this accounts for the most recent 30 furloughs but I think that'll take us to 26 or 27 airframes...fml.

XJT is picking them up supposedly.

Nothing like bleeding out slowly... If we don't hurry up, there's not going to be anything left to burn down...

Its a damn shame what is happening at TSA. I was hired in 6/07, flew nearly 1,100 hours with the company, commuted in early so I didn't miss a trip, did everything right. Yet, the gamble of choosing that company has resulting in an entirely different situation for me now than I had envisioned a year ago. Many other regionals are furloughing too, but I think we're going the deepest in terms of % of the group.

Its just a shame. If/when I go back to the industry, I hope to do better with company selection than the first time around.

Sucks for everyone.

I've learned, though, that often times things that happen are blessings in disguise. I wonder about this.....

the only way the company learns is by costing them money-- it's the only effective technique. use your sick time, fly the contract.

i think XJ doesnt need an extra 2 planes- with their size and effciency capability, they could easily plan two planes worth of flying. but if they want to save money on the great paint scheme for united and change the N number and take off that whopper sticker that states UX, DBA TSA then i dont know what to say

Source? Why would they need two beat-up ex. Mesa ex. TSA birds when they've got 4 LRs and an XR or two that have just been sitting in the sun in RIC since branded went TU a while ago...

Xelectro is an XJET furloughed who is waiting for his class date at Gojets. Keeps saying United is going to give TSA flying to Xjet, this is like his 5th post on the subject, he won't drop it. By the way what's the word on negotiations, I heard the last meeting didn't go to well and it's going to be the last attempt...