DHL to shut down US Domestic Ops Jan 30

[satpak77]

The are NO DHL pilots in the US, only ABX and ASTAR and they will likely all be out of work on or about 1/30/09.

ok understand now. good luck guys.

nothing like a couple thousand current Part 121 guys with DC-9 or bigger time to be dumped into the labor market

remember Kit Darby !

PILOT SHORTAGE

 

[Box-Hauler]

ok understand now. good luck guys.

nothing like a couple thousand current Part 121 guys with DC-9 or bigger time to be dumped into the labor market

remember Kit Darby !

PILOT SHORTAGE

been waiting for that shortage since I started this crazy ride. Oh well only a little over 4 years before retirements start back up........

Maybe I can be qualified to fly by then....

 

[fokkers&beer]

Another victory for ALPA.

 

[lionflyer]

been waiting for that shortage since I started this crazy ride. Oh well only a little over 4 years before retirements start back up........

Maybe I can be qualified to fly by then....

By then you'll be "overqualified".

 

[inplaneview]

Anybody hearing anything on furlough notifications? Rumor last week was that approximately 45 of us at the bottom of the list would receive notice this week for an early January furlough.

 

[ABXbooger]

The info I have is that the company has pushed back the furloughs.

They are going to need every warm body they can get to try and complete the schedule, so I am guessing there will be a mass layoff January 30 with notice given on or about Dec. 1.

 

[Dick Cabeza]

I'd burn every sick day I had, they screw you out of them at the end. Why wait till Jan 30. to get a few deserved days off.

I would do every thing legal not to move a plane if I knew DHL was sticking it to my company! If they are giving the work to UPS anyway make them pay for it.

 

[FreightBumper]

I'd burn every sick day I had, they screw you out of them at the end. Why wait till Jan 30. to get a few deserved days off.

I would do every thing legal not to move a plane if I knew DHL was sticking it to my company! If they are giving the work to UPS anyway make them pay for it.

Good advice from someone who has no vested interest in a pay check from either company. More folks than airplane drivers are losing their jobs. They need every cent they can squeeze out of DHL. I'll work til they don't get paid. They are my friends and neighbors.

 

[fob727]

the uneducated speak

Another victory for ALPA.

A response from someone who has no clue what they're talking about.

 

[TheDogsBollocks]

My regrets to those who will undoubtedly be furloughed. As with all bad news in this business it will flow down to the feeders who will have more runs eliminated.