You are an "at will" employee. Unless you have a contract of some sort that spells out terms and conditions, they have no liability. One of the reasons the "Key Men" came into being.

Maybe he can get lucky and return to his former pay rate but at new hire seniority. That seems like a somewhat fair compromise

You should have opened a grievance.

I understand compassion, but how do we draw the line on this? Is it everytime someone quits and the deal falls out within a month? What about if they fail training. What if the fail IOE? What if they get furloughed after 3 months?

I mean come on, AE is a time building job, that is a stepping stone. If people can come right back again, it will slow down attrition, which some of us are counting on!

We can not have a world with no risk.

I knew a guy at 9E that left for a falcon gig for a few months. They let him come back with no interview, but he lost all longevity. Kept the same employee number but he had to start over on the list as far as bennies and senority.

Thanks to everyone with a helpful or at least encouraging response. I just want to add that I have complete respect for the seniority system we have in place, and certainly don't want to take anything away from someone else. I don't think I am entitled to anything. I made a decision and left my job, and it didn't work out. There is always a risk it won't work out. I know/knew that. Having said that, I don't think there are many people who wouldn't at least attempt to return to their old job, ESPECIALLY when you are financially responsible to others. I am floating my resume around to pretty much every company (regional,corporate, charter) that I qualify for. If you have or know of any leads, feel free to throw them my way. Thank you again.

You don't want to tell us what airplane you were training for, and if you completed training or not?

Might help you take the next step...

I was training for a right seat Citation job. I didn't complete training and was one week into in-house training before being given walking papers.

Why you did not take a LTLOA is beyond me, however hindsight is 20/20.

Not sure your times but try Miamiair, expressjet, street capt at silver, commutair, United (CAL side keep an eye on that), Spirit, Jetblue, Virgin, also look at all those corporate gigs that require 2k total, I forget which of the following but there is like an XOjet, Avantair, and a few other QS ops that require 2k total and pay about 40k/yr doing 7on/7off, and come with some good places to live like Nashville or Memphis.

At most regional airlines, I don't think you can just take a LTLOA on a whim. I sure wish we could though...

The op works for Eagle, we just offered one April 1st, that got awarded in seniority order and some went to very junior FOs, so I would assume the OP would have been awarded one unless OP is bottom 100.