DAL Opentime And The Furloughees
Before I start this one, I just want to say that I don't have a dog in this potential fight..........
Was yacking with some pilots the other day who told me that DAL has a fair amount of open time that is being picked up by currently employed DAL pilots. The question was raised that if the DAL pilots stopped picking up open time, that a few/some/many of their furloughed brothers and sisters could return to work.
One even related a personal story of discussing this with a DAL pilot who said that he needed that open time to make his boat payment. Now whether that was true or just a good story, I don't know. But, with all the screaming back and forth between mainline and the regional subsidiaries, it would seem, assuming that there IS open time, that the DAL pilots could help their own out by not picking up that open time and "transferring" that flying back to their furloughed friends.
Is this true? And what are your thoughts? Just curious.....
Before I start this one, I just want to say that I don't have a dog in this potential fight..........
Was yacking with some pilots the other day who told me that DAL has a fair amount of open time that is being picked up by currently employed DAL pilots. The question was raised that if the DAL pilots stopped picking up open time, that a few/some/many of their furloughed brothers and sisters could return to work.
One even related a personal story of discussing this with a DAL pilot who said that he needed that open time to make his boat payment. Now whether that was true or just a good story, I don't know. But, with all the screaming back and forth between mainline and the regional subsidiaries, it would seem, assuming that there IS open time, that the DAL pilots could help their own out by not picking up that open time and "transferring" that flying back to their furloughed friends.
Is this true? And what are your thoughts? Just curious.....
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