Furloughed Voting Rights

[n25na]

I'm a furloughed XJer and I've come up on my year seniority during my furlough period. Can I vote on contracts now or does the fact that I'm furloughed not allow that?

 

[SEVEN]

That's a good question. I'm in the same boat and just passed my 1 year date.

 

[wmudriver]

My guess is that we aren't able to b/c we weren't able to vote for the strike authorization. I think we have to complete have a year of seniority with the company before we get voting rights....not entirely sure though.

 

[SEVEN]

After thinking about, I think if we get recalled we will then have our voting rights because our years of service is still based on our original hire date.

Could be wrong though.

 

[SplitBar]

If furloughed, I doubt you get voting rights even if you have over 1 year in but hey, here is a concept....why not call the ALPA office and ask them if you really want a good answer.

 

[n25na]

Thanks Splitbar
Hey, I did that...I find the answers you get on this board to be far more entertaining than the actual answer..I'll pass along the "official" answer once I get it..I'm hopin this will turn into a thread about backpacks, flight bag stickers, grammar, or spiked hair..LOL

 

[Occam's Razor]

I'm a furloughed XJer and I've come up on my year seniority during my furlough period. Can I vote on contracts now or does the fact that I'm furloughed not allow that?

You can't vote unless you're AC (Active). You aren't active if you're:

An Apprentice (1st year)
Furloughed
On Miltiary Leave for more than 90-days (consecutive)
Executive Inactive (management puke)

The rule-of-thumb: If you're not paying dues, you're not voting.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Furloughed XJer here also.

Just curious what everyone is planningfor the future, wait it out or find new employment elsewhere in the airline world.

Personally I can't wait anymore, so i'm looking for a new home.

Good Luck, Johnny

 

[IHateMgmt]

Yeah, i'm moving on... got one descent job offer and a better possibility in corporate, but more risky. Am currently weighing my options, but i'm done with XJ. Sad, huh?

 

[wmudriver]

I'm waiting it out for a little longer to see what transpires with the BK stuff here. Hopefully we can all move on with our lives soon. The silence about this whole thing is deafening. To those who have moved on, I hope you have better luck than we did at XJ.

 

[turbinesurgeon]

Thanks Splitbar
Hey, I did that...I find the answers you get on this board to be far more entertaining than the actual answer..I'll pass along the "official" answer once I get it..I'm hopin this will turn into a thread about backpacks, flight bag stickers, grammar, or spiked hair..LOL

There you go wacking the hornets nest again

 

[SEVEN]

Furloughed XJer here also.

Just curious what everyone is planningfor the future, wait it out or find new employment elsewhere in the airline world.

Personally I can't wait anymore, so i'm looking for a new home.

Good Luck, Johnny

I'm also just waiting it out for now. I figure if I don't get recalled by early summer it's not going to happen. This whole thing really sucks!

 

[n25na]

There you go wacking the hornets nest again

FULL PAY TO THE LAST DAY!

 

[n25na]

There you go wacking the hornets nest again

You must be that back pack wearing guy that kicked me out of MY jumpseat the other day...I remember you....

 

[turbinesurgeon]

You must be that back pack wearing guy that kicked me out of MY jumpseat the other day...I remember you....

Sorry about that, company policy

 

[wmudriver]

n25na

There you go wacking the hornets nest again

I wouldn't put it past n25na that if he wasn't wacking a hornets nest...he'd be wacking something elseuke:

 

[n25na]

I wouldn't put it past n25na that if he wasn't wacking a hornets nest...he'd be wacking something elseuke:

whoa! i don't know how to respond to that one

 

[n25na]

Furloughed XJer here also.

Just curious what everyone is planningfor the future, wait it out or find new employment elsewhere in the airline world.

Personally I can't wait anymore, so i'm looking for a new home.

Good Luck, Johnny

Myself and a couple other XJer's are now at QX. There is some growth here, albeit a little. It's a beautiful part of the country and about as stable as anything out there right now. The current contract is up for renewal here, so it'll be interesting to see how that shakes out. If you want more info, feel free to PM

see yaa

 

[WMUSIGPI]

I am trying to start my own business. Not even worrying about a flying job right now. I will do my next phase in the Wings program one of these days soon. But otherwise, keeping on the ground for now.
I know many of my classmates have moved on to other places like Horizon, Air Wisconsin, Airnet, and at least one of the captains has left to Fed Ex.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Thanks for the updates. Its good to here people are finding bigger and better things... Hopefully it will work out for everyone at XJ. I had the pleasure to meet and fly with some great people.

I'm currently in the pool at Republic just waiting for the word ... and I'm gone.

I know the minute I sign a contract, XJ will be awarded the RFP. There has to be a reason (601 and 602) the 2 CRJ's are still flying.

 

[turbinesurgeon]

I am trying to start my own business. Not even worrying about a flying job right now. I will do my next phase in the Wings program one of these days soon. But otherwise, keeping on the ground for now.
I know many of my classmates have moved on to other places like Horizon, Air Wisconsin, Airnet, and at least one of the captains has left to Fed Ex.

If its a business that isn't related to aviation, I would say that is a wise choice.

 

[turbinesurgeon]

whoa! i don't know how to respond to that one

I do, that was funny

 

[turbinesurgeon]

I'm a furloughed XJer and I've come up on my year seniority during my furlough period. Can I vote on contracts now or does the fact that I'm furloughed not allow that?

Did you find anything out from ALPA?