Sorry for the bad news. Hope you all are able to find jobs soon. I'm just a student & am hesitant to go into the airlines industry d/t all the furloughs & the horrible pay for new pilots.

Nothing yet on the downgrades. I will be one of the first to know.

Just got the call, downgrade Jan 5th

Everything AMR has is for sale.... didn't you know that? In their own words during a press conference when asked to quote a price for Eagle...
"you can't afford it." But yes, there is a vast difference between being employed at a regional where your paycheck comes from the same bank account as mainline, than when it comes from some regional that happens to have the flying by trying to undercut the next company....

The mainlines will have their regional feed one way or another. We can keep accepting jobs from lowlife scumbags types like (insert name here), and helping him get rich while accelerating the race to the bottom, or you can get some self respect and do what's right in the first place... when the lowlife Companies go away, the owned companies will just grow larger.

It's basically the same arguement Mainlines have been saying about regionals for decades... that we are stealing the flying... and nobody believed them.... I'm sure if you ask a few Midwest pilots, they may be able to explain the long term detramental effects of outsourcing.... be it outsourcing to replace a little plane, or a big plane....

Cool, I like it.

Just got a message from DH (flight manager) today:

Displaced to Dulles January 5.

Furloughed on February 5.

They love to add insult to injury. :mad:

Looks like you need to hurt your back right after Christmas, or get very sick.

Did you actually think you're important to them? We're all just meaningless numbers.

Lucky you, you get to take my place.

*cough*:o*cough*

You never know, you know? :D

Don't worry homie, I requested to take a January 5 furlough because the spring semester starts in January and I don't want to miss it.

I hope you will get an extra month :cool: