From The ALPA/MEC Email
"Hi, we're offerring you recall"
"sorry, I'm at Pinnacle"
"hi, we're offerring you recall"
"sorry, I'm at Pinnacle"
...and so on.
OFFICIAL FURLOUGH RECALL
Good news for those of you on furlough! Mesaba today announced a recall of all furloughed pilots. You should very soon be receiving official notification in the mail with related instructions.
The recall will be for classes that begin in April with the first being April 4th. If you are currently flying at Colgan Air or Pinnacle Airlines, you will be held in your current position for 60 days in accordance with the applicable Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs).
We will not know the base(s) or aircraft assignments available to the recalls until Mesaba publishes the required Vacancy Notice(s). We assume the majority if not all of the vacancies will be for the LGA Saab.
Furloughed Pilots currently working under last July's MOU at Pinnacle or Colgan have two options available:
One, if you wish to retain your Mesaba seniority number you must accept the Mesaba recall. When you accept the recall, Pinnacle and Colgan will hold you in your present position for 60 days per the MOU. This 60 day holdover will put you past the point of the completion of SLI and you will, in all likelihood, remain in your current Pinnacle or Colgan position, as the company has express a desire to keep you in your CJC/PCL positions.
Two, if you do NOT accept recall, you will resign your Mesaba seniority number and assume your present seniority number that began when you started working at Pinnacle or Colgan. You would no longer be covered under the terms of the MOU and would lose the applicable benefits.
If you plan to continue flying for the new combined company we strongly recommend that you accept recall.
We realize there will be many questions and comments and we will try to respond to them as quickly as possible.
