Did TSA just furlough more pilots?
 

I heard a rumor that TSA was furloughing a large number (200) of pilots in addition to the few that they laid off a couple months ago. Is there any validity to this?

I know a couple people that would be included in this group as they were hired recently but I haven't heard anything from them. Maybe somebody here could shed some light.

I think 200 is a bit high..
 

Neighbors kid works there, and we were chatting and catching up... It looks like another round of 30 guys, and captain downgrades to boot..... He said that all their UX flying was shifting over to blojet... Said that everyone was looking to get out, and are sick of schedules being screwed up every bid period, management not honoring their arbitration loses, and he is hearing that they are heading for bankruptcy soon...But then again, this is a ****ed off 24 year old who listens to everything and hates me for walking in his resume..So, there is your grain of salt...... Sounds like things haven't changed since I was there.... I would still stay far away from Transstates and the alter ego blojets, though.. Just friendly career advice....

Ran into a former coworker today and got the lowdown. He was furloughed but Skywest picked him up fast. Sounds like he's going to greener pastures. I wouldn't touch anything that Hulas owns. He's a jerk and he treats his employees like garbage. It sounds like they're unloading as much as they can and make the ALPA guys miserable.

At least I don't have to deal with their MX crews stealing catering from my charter flights. Since they've moved out and down to the old MDD ramp it's gotten nice and quiet around here...

28 more guys got furloughed along with a few Capt/FO downgrades.

2 planes are being parked from the UX side.

TSA San Antonio flying is being directly replaced By GoJet

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wow, sucks to hear guys. Hope everyone can move on to greener pastures.

Good news you get to be my co-worker now.:D

no new hires until next year some time if that

Save yourself the time and effort by not going there.

Sounds about right in this industry....
dont get what you want from union - start new company - shut down old company and union.

Punkpilot, if you're one of the furlougees, you shouldn't have trouble finding a better company to work for. You have 121 experience.

Good Luck everybody.

You are right and I didnt. Studying my systmes book form my class date next month. :D

Yeah, a couple of my friends were in the same boat. Greener pastures my friend!

This is even screwing up us lowly instructors. Had a couple of instructors with a summer class date and now they won't be going anywhere. Had they gone, I'd have more students right now which would mean more hours and greater income.

Jumped over to XJT huh? Good to hear, I need more peeps under me on the seniority list:D

Haha yeah Im trying to get as much of the new 28 to apply so I can have some security myself. I was theirs at TSA but that didn't work out.

If you are serious, that is one of the rudest and inconsiderate things that a 121 pilot can say to another. If that was a serious comment, you have just opened up one bad jar of karma

Im sure it was just a joke.

It sucks but...
 

Even sarcastic remarks sting here... The whole blojets thing is rank, especially after my neighbors kid was telling me he had ground school and was at Flite Safety(sp?), he over heard some blojet guy laughing about the furloughs and thanking all the TSA pilots for calling everything early, waiving their contract and working the 7th day as a part 91 repo due to mgmt pressure, carrying back broken airplanes so they don't have to write them up, and busting their keisters only to have United give blojets the flying... That even ****ed me off.... I now have an Alter Ego sticker that the kid gave me and will make sure this gets to our pilots.... As a former Waterskier, you guys will ALWAYS have my/our support.....

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I have this eeeerie feeling that this isn't the first of the furloughs. Blowjets will likely be getting more and more flying from the TSA side. Hulas is a jerk. The day they moved their mx, ops, and office personell out of our FBO hangar was a happy day for us.

Ah, how I love how we cut each other's throats for a job and don't think about the repercussions that will result...

Ain't it great.???????????? T I keep hearing my neighbors kid scream about blojets... And as a formr Waterskiier, I can feel the pain... I will make sure that these punks stay off the airbus here... I hope they get stuck hard... We will never forget, never forgive...[/I]

Hey thanks! Rumor I've heard from a buddy not given the shaft yet there is Sept.1 they are booting 32 more.

Hopefully it stays a rumor.

I guess I wont be getting that recall by November as promised. Excuse me while I go celebrate not needing to go back!

So, you are happy that you are not going back? This is just what they want. Let you fade into oblivion.

Anybody know where there is a blo-jets pilot list?

I want to put in my jumpseat ready-reference binder right next to my freedom-A list :mad:

I remember seeing a blo-jet list posted in a forum on this site not long ago. It was basically an anti-go jet website that included a scab list.

That web site is so out of date. I do not think that the makers of the web site were able to keep Go Jet from flying. That is what I gather from the site. The company is flying and the site is stale.

TSA is furloughing another 12 and downgrading another 10 captains to FO at FO pay. This includes pilots hired pre-9/11 and have been captains for 2 years or so. Approx. total: 24 downgrades, 60 furloughs. The **** is hittin' the fan. Thanks Blowjet.