Trans States Furloughing
 

...Just got the call.

Trans States will be Furloughing 45 Pilots effective July 1st

Damn! That sucks! I wish you and everyone else the best of luck. If you want to get in again, we are hiring at Comair, so if there is anything I can do, let me know!

ffs..
and one more for min post count

ffs..

sorry, what is ffs?

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look it up there.

disclaimer it may lead to foul language.

Man guys...that sucks. I just got the downgrade here...don't come back to this craphole. Nothing good will come of coming back...go get an interview at one of the regionals that are hiring, even though there aren't a lot. Or better yet, get out of this horrendous industry.

This freaking blows... And they just spent all week junioring captains like crazy to staff their flights... I can imagine the furlough will work about as well as the downgrade has... Idiots...

bad news for all of us at tsa. start putting in those grad school apps.

No "30 day notice" ? :confused:

Last I heard, not only are they not furloughing, they're hiring...sounds familiar, eh?

hiring...and street captains at that....bad times over here, hopefully, it won't last long...but you never know.

I thought it was a company bluff to get a cheap contract out of us.

Sorry to those 45 that got it, hang in there

Sitting AR right now and I havent got the call yet...I think I might be 47 from the bottom...I'll wait and see for now.

I feel like crap for everyone...

i just threw up in my mouth! I'd like to extend a good luck to everyone at TSA! I hope things work out for you.

It certainly is a thankless career isn't it?

If the number is only 45, the good news it could be worse really. 70-80 was the number floating around a month ago. We all knew this was going to happen so it isn't really a huge surprise.

this is bad news for all at tsa. if any of the 45 need anything, let me know... message me or call me if i've flown with you.

Ffs
 

Here we go again. I was one of those furloughed, and they called to tell me right after one of the flight managers finished swearing to me that they were not going to. Oh well, who's hiring? I heard a lot going around about how ALPA thought management had learned it's lesson after the last furlough...

The 70 went down to 45 after ALPA was able to get 20 voluntary furloughs to those willing. I heard this from our Onion MEC. Could there be a few more coming down the wire? How's our US Air flying?

Did any RIC Fos get the boot?

If any of you are CFIs in the MA area shoot me a PM I may be able to help you out or i know my airline is looking as well for a few bodies which is better than not working. Shoot me a PM if I can help some of you guys out.

TSA furloughing was the best thing that happened to me. I got out before getting furloughed back in 2006 and couldn't be happier. I believe out of the 48 furloughed back in 2006, 13 or so came back? Not sure of the actual number, but there weren't many who returned.

I am definitely sorry to hear about those who were furloughed, but try to make the best of it by finding a better place to work. I was happy at Trans States, but that was because I didn't have anything to compare it to. Ask anyone who has left and gone elsewhere how they feel now and it should hopefully make you feel better.

We had one guy who got furloughed and went to gojet. I saw him the other day as a CA and I still feel dirty for being cordial and saying hi.

I haven't heard anything about how it went as far as how many from RIC-STL, but I know RIC had a TON of reserves this last month, so I doubt it will go well for them...

Well 45 between both bases might fall somewhere like 15/30 or so, that'll drop the STL FO list back to about 150 or so, that is still pretty good and more in line with where its been the last year or so.

I hear GO Jets is hiring.....

Tell me about it...

I hear Kwik Trip pays more. 40k starting managers with benies

There might be more hiring going on out there than you think. There are still some job opening left in the US (although a lot of them may be places you've never heard of), and internationally there are quite a few opportunities if you're willing to go "outside the box".

There's a good job search tool here:
http://www.mypilotcareer.com/Airline_Pilot_Jobs.php

Input your flight times and it will give you a list of companies you meet the minimums for inside and outside the US.

Now this is funny...a SKW guy talking trash about GoJet, a non-union airline undercutting the rest of the industry.:rolleyes:

You said "tool".............

I got the furlough notice today... And knowing that GoJet is still hiring makes this harder to swallow.

For the others that got the notice today- Did you find the phone call to be cold?

My mentor told me that you are not a true airline pilot until you have been furloughed, gone on strike, and survived a bankruptcy. One down....two to go.

All I can say to those new hires....As tempting as it may be to have a job....PLEASE for the love of all things Holy.....DO NOT GO TO GOJETS!!!!

Im sure most of you are educated enough about them....they arent doing you any favors. Things will get better.....eventually

What kind of b.s. remark is this?

Don't forget divorced. You have to be divorced too ;)

Best of luck to all of you at TSA. I'm looking at hearing the F-word soon too.

I heard through the grape vine yesterday that I should expect an f-word letter next month for a f-word to start in September. This will be my second f-word in a year. Yay for me. Yay for all of us.

According to www.mypilotcareer.com I am eligable for a few jobs based in India or China. Although I have been through quite a few indocs lately, and I might be up for a break from the industry for a while.

Are you S.O.? On the SAAB at Eagle?

A little off topic but I heard TSA was TDY'ing guys from STL to MIA since AA has a new TSA "base" in MIA now. This true ? TDYing is $$$$ paying for hotels 24/7 plus per diem.

There is another closed thread on this board saying "with more to come in the following weeks". Are they seriously considering more or is this just rumor?

They will not know what to do next until the can observe the pilot group squirm around, then they will make another quick move that will be boneheaded in nature.
I would just wait and see how this pony rolls down the hill.

To be honest, I was hoping this was managments way to call our bluff in contract talks. I was way wrong on that.

I find it funny that no one sees this as a blessing in disguise, when one door closes another opens...

People like to make their own choices, not be forced out. If I thought I could find a truly better place (considering many factors), I'd do it in a heartbeat on a voluntary basis. Getting a furlough is rarely a blessing. Sure you can make the most of it.