Cheechako
Well-Known Member
Management met with the pilot association yesterday to talk about the effect of an 11% capacity reduction for 2009. They said this could result in furloughs of up to 165 pilots from Nov to Feb. Right now they are working on early-out retirement incentives as well as some extended leaves of absence.
This is really a convoluted deal because half of those in the furlough range are ANC based. With us being the only ones qualified to fly to Hawaii and the arctic they'll have to displace a bunch of pilots up here and train them all. The training dept is already saturated with MD-80 pilots making the transition.
I'm 129 from the bottom. . . so 36 need to take the out for me to keep my job. I'm a bit concerned, but not too worried. Thanks to the state of Alaska, I've got a check coming late-Sept/early Oct. that could carry me through at least 4 months.. . there's a guy that operates a PC-12 that I know. . wonder if he needs an ANC based pilot. . .
Romans 8:28
This is really a convoluted deal because half of those in the furlough range are ANC based. With us being the only ones qualified to fly to Hawaii and the arctic they'll have to displace a bunch of pilots up here and train them all. The training dept is already saturated with MD-80 pilots making the transition.
I'm 129 from the bottom. . . so 36 need to take the out for me to keep my job. I'm a bit concerned, but not too worried. Thanks to the state of Alaska, I've got a check coming late-Sept/early Oct. that could carry me through at least 4 months.. . there's a guy that operates a PC-12 that I know. . wonder if he needs an ANC based pilot. . .
Romans 8:28