How many on furlough?

[F/O]

Talked to a buddy of mine who found out from some union guys ****RUMOR ALERT, RUMOR ALERT!!!**** that the reason for the pushback dates was because of an accounting problem. Seems they couldn't figure out how to pay us for a partial month's work.

Yep, I figured as much when I saw the new dates. Oh well, you get a few more days to wear your uniform. Maybe you will even get a field standby or two....

Was the 132 vs 180 number formally announced somewhere or was that part of the message as well?

 

[GuppyPuppy]

The 180 pilots slated for a March 1st furlough came from the MEC e-mail.

After being out on the line last week I also heard of another 50/month until United finds its "Happy Place". Of course, this is just rumor, so who knows.

When I saw ERP II I figured they would get rid of about 300 of us immediately and then trickle the next 300 out over a period of time as senior pilots were re-trained. The company planned to furlough us anyway, ATSB loan/ERP II or not. I pretty much saw the writing on the wall when the January bids came out (in SFO we had about 54 lines with 56 reserve lines and no surplus reduction lines). This was in sharp contrast to December and the preceding months where we had around 30 surplus reduction lines. I'm just hoping the furloughs stop at 600 for '03.

Cheers!

GP

 

[Lindy]

Midwest Express Numbers

Midwest Express wasn't on the furlough list above -- so you can add another 50 pilots (or so) to your furlough numbers.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

USAir

Not sure if USAir was on there or not. But by March they will have upwards of 1800 furloughees (assuming they remain solvent).

Hire dates of furloughees all the way back to the mid-1980s.