Half Time Pilots

[jynxyjoe]

I said beat your wife.

 

[Counselor]

You know what. . .

I heard all about a the Captains and FOs who had side businesses who would LOVE to only have to be available to the company for 2 weeks a month for oh - I'd say about my whole duration with ASA before getting furloughed.

Want to know the reality?

Very FEW of them actually took advantage of it. For whatever reason, but I'm sure that as a 6 or 7 yr FO or Captain, even running a side business, that 75hr MMG means a lot of revenue coming into the household that they just could not do with out.

So the company decides well - not enough people are taking advantage of these opportunities, so well, time to send people to the street.

Also remember that many companies and unions have to follow certain protocols before sending people to the street call it whatever you want, but I'll call it furlough mitigation.

Once all the hoops have been jumped through, there is nothing else to do but send people to the street.

PTL/HTL/HTP is just another hoop that is going to get jumped through, and then. . .when the myth that it'll save jobs is realized to be the farce it is, furloughs are next. Sucks, but that's life.

Are these part-time, half-time schedules available only during economic downturns, or were they also available in 2007 when every regional was hurting for FO's?

 

[surreal1221]

Are these part-time, half-time schedules available only during economic downturns, or were they also available in 2007 when every regional was hurting for FO's?

No, they were not in place when companies were hurting to meet their "staffing model."

 

[kellwolf]

I know the FOs over here are talking about taking them left and right. If every FO I've talked to that says they're gonna do it does it, we're gonna need to hold a cage fight battle royale match in order to see who gets them. Then again, if I could just go to McDonald's to work 30 hours a week to replace my wages, I'd think about doing it, too.....