kellwolf
Piece of Trash
I'm betting the reason the furlough didn't happen was b/c Delta plays the marketing schedule pretty close to the vest. It would suck in the dept of retraining costs to furlough guys only to bring them back 3 months later. It's cheaper to keep them around longer and see what happens. What's cheaper? $5175 for paying a 1st year FO guarantee for 3 months or sending him through the sims again?
It's one thing to think positive. If I wasn't a positive thinker, I'd have gone insane a long time ago at my company. It's also a good thing to ignore the stuff that's out of your control. However, you have to do both with a dose of reality. I think every pilot that's within the bottom 100-200 of their seniority list at every regional should have furlough in the back of their minds. I'm sure all the guys hired at Comair in early 2007 thought they were safe until a few months ago, too. I'm in the bottom 50 of CAs, and I'm seriously concerned about winding up an FO again. Sure, it may not happen. But I'm not gonna live carefree day to day ignoring the fact only to get caught with no money saved back on FO pay.
It's one thing to think positive. If I wasn't a positive thinker, I'd have gone insane a long time ago at my company. It's also a good thing to ignore the stuff that's out of your control. However, you have to do both with a dose of reality. I think every pilot that's within the bottom 100-200 of their seniority list at every regional should have furlough in the back of their minds. I'm sure all the guys hired at Comair in early 2007 thought they were safe until a few months ago, too. I'm in the bottom 50 of CAs, and I'm seriously concerned about winding up an FO again. Sure, it may not happen. But I'm not gonna live carefree day to day ignoring the fact only to get caught with no money saved back on FO pay.