How many have quit a legacy?

[snow-back]

How many have quit a legacy or other major airline either from furlough or outright? How many have no intention of accepting a recall? Have you started a different aviation career or different career altogether?

I'll go 1st.

Resigned from DAL for a good corporate gig. Aaaahhhh!

Anyone else?

 

[johnnyb]

Bypassing US Airways until forced to make a choice. 4 years at the current gig 13+ at the last one.

 

[thrasher]

Furlough from AA, been at SWA for 4 years, passing on the recall

 

[IB6 UB9]

If you had to take a 6 figure paycut to go back to UAL...what would you do?

 

[SDF2BUF2MCO]

Add to this to the mix....I speculate there are some folks who are on personal leave that don't plan to come back once their LOA time is up/out.

 

[YourPilotFriend]

A good percentage of the NWA people left after bankruptcy.

 

[gutshotdraw]

In the past three months, I have flown with a 52 year old, 23 year NWA Whale Captain who punched out early and a 50 year old, 19 year NWA Bus Captain who also punched out early in favor of my fractional. I've also flown with a 16 year furloughed US Airways pilot and a 4 year TWA/AA furlough, neither of whom has any intention of going back. Only one furloughed pilot at my company that I know have has accepted his recall (United and a mistake in my opinion). We had another who left for JB and has since returned. Within weeks, my decidedly better half will be looking at her 10 year major airline career in the rear view mirror.

Different strokes for different folks but there are many switching gears or departing the pattern and I don't blame them a bit. If I were 10 years younger and a lot smarter, I'd be heading for law school so I could make a mint off the next airline bankruptcy.

 

[propjob27]

My short story:

Quit CAL and went to FedEX.

 

[SIG600]

Good friend of mine was furghload from United. In the mean time he's built a real estate aquisition company and couldn't afford the pay cut to go back to United. They recalled him and he told them to cram it... he's like a damn kid on summer vacation.

 

[BenderGonzales]

Bypassing USAir recall indefinitely (which may be how long it takes them to call me back in the first place).

After the furlough went to two commuters for a total of about 2.5 years. Quickly remembered that the pay and work rules at commuters stunk. Got lucky and found a good corporate gig where i'm home every night.