Well I want to thank you and everyone else working OT for your support knowing that you are doing everything possible to cover the trips with min. crews while I'm on the street.
If you are truely a furloughed NJA pilot, I wish you quick recall. As such, you would know there is no choice or "volunteering" when OT is assigned. The only way to NOT do OT is to fatigue or DNIF. If I or my crewmate is tired, WE fatigue. If I'm sick, I DNIF. If not, I will not jeapordize my position and family livelyhood engaging in unethical behavior in a foolish attempt to force recalls. If that's selfish in the minds of some, so be it.
There is little a line pilot can do under the current CBA. If company were to request volunteers for extending, then I would have issue and hope our union would agree that was unacceptable and lobby for recalls. As it is, there are protections in place limiting selloffs, and until company approaches that limit, and crews find themselves overextended and fatigue more, and after midnights drive costs above the cost of increasing the current workforce, and sales increase, and........., there will unfortunately be no recalls.
Please don't play into management's hand and grow resentful to your collegues because we who are still employed had ZERO to do with the furlough. In fact, I've never seen a group step up in an effort to prevent the inevitable like they did. All we can do is our best to keep and attract new customers. That will help get you back faster than any other "action".
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