phoenix 23684
Well-Known Member
This is going to be a long post so I apologize before hand.
As some of you may know, I have been working as a FO for Colgan Air for about a year. Recently a great opportunity has presented itself and I'm going to take it. I have an opportunity to go to Afghanistan for about a year (90 days on 30 off) for a small aerial contract managing a couple of people and aircrafts, plus get to go to King air school as I will be flying very little, but enough to keep current. Basically, I can do this for a year and pay all my debt and then put a nice nest egg towards retirement.
Here's where I need the help. Colgan is going to be furloughing people but starting on Nov 1st. I would like to somehow get the voluntary furlough that they are offering so I can come back in a years term. I'm senior enough that I won't be furlough, but are looking for a way to sell the company into letting me do this. I personally think is a win-win situation for both since it allows them to keep someone junior who would otherwise be furlough, specially a q400 FO since they are the most junior, save on re-training cost about 20k. Also, I would come back and my cost to re-certify would be far less than a new off the street person. And I would come back with no debt what so ever so even if it puts me behind on upgrade I would not mind.
What do you guys think, is this something realistic, how to best present it to the company? I'm trying to avoid staring from scratch when I get back. Also, my ATP written will expire while deployed, am I protected while on furlough?
thanks
As some of you may know, I have been working as a FO for Colgan Air for about a year. Recently a great opportunity has presented itself and I'm going to take it. I have an opportunity to go to Afghanistan for about a year (90 days on 30 off) for a small aerial contract managing a couple of people and aircrafts, plus get to go to King air school as I will be flying very little, but enough to keep current. Basically, I can do this for a year and pay all my debt and then put a nice nest egg towards retirement.
Here's where I need the help. Colgan is going to be furloughing people but starting on Nov 1st. I would like to somehow get the voluntary furlough that they are offering so I can come back in a years term. I'm senior enough that I won't be furlough, but are looking for a way to sell the company into letting me do this. I personally think is a win-win situation for both since it allows them to keep someone junior who would otherwise be furlough, specially a q400 FO since they are the most junior, save on re-training cost about 20k. Also, I would come back and my cost to re-certify would be far less than a new off the street person. And I would come back with no debt what so ever so even if it puts me behind on upgrade I would not mind.
What do you guys think, is this something realistic, how to best present it to the company? I'm trying to avoid staring from scratch when I get back. Also, my ATP written will expire while deployed, am I protected while on furlough?
thanks