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Originally Posted by rcflying53
An involuntary reduction to zero hours is more substantial. Considering a majority of RSVs at AA are in the bottom 2500 of the company, I’m willing to bet they’d take 60-65/hrs a month vs. unemployment.
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Originally Posted by rcflying53
The few against a ALV reduction are the pilots who can’t live within their means. They depend on a 90+hr/mo pay credit to just break even each month financially. So no, most of the group disagrees with your opinion of it being a hard sell and matter of fact, our 1000’s of sound off’s on that idea are the exact opposite of what your saying.
There are plenty of pilots here well above the bottom 2500 that are not senior enough to hold a line in their respective bid status, and probably wont be able to for years to come now.
Most, if not all of those same pilots are very familiar with living within their means, because they had to do just that while they went through a furlough (or two) and over a decade of career stagnation at the bottom of the list. Many of those same people may only have a very limited time left to work, so they choose to fly more than minimum. They have also seen first hand what happens in bankruptcy, when you give concessions before they company goes to the courthouse.
I'm all for doing anything we can to keep everyone on property, and I'll be just fine if we take a reduction in monthly hours. I'm not naive enough however, to believe that anything we give will stop whats coming if this drags on much longer.
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