I just had a friend of mine, who was furloughed by CO, just got the recall call about 2 weeks. Well, he declined the offer - would you guys call that a smart move? He was a 737 IAH based FO.
He currently flies a Citation - flies all over the country.
The only person who can make that determination is your friend. He may be very happy driving that Crustation.
And I'm just speculating, he could have declined the recall at this time because of an obligation he made to his current employer. He may be able to go back to CO at a later recall.
He might prefer his present job over being the "tail-end Charlie" and sitting reserve in EWR or whatever that entails. Maybe he figures he'll go back when he can be assured a line.
The good news is he gets to keep doing what he's evidently enjoying, and someone else gets to come back to work at CAL.
Sounds like a win/win situation.
PS, not every Citation is a "crustacean". Even an old Citation 3 is will still do .82 or better and climb right up into the mid 40's.
We had in the neighborhood of 600 on furlough. This month, we started recalling guys - 169 total for the year. That won't even cover retirements for the year. Then, management says they want to increase flying 6% this year.
Lineholders are having lines built to +- 80 hours, and reserves (like me) have been flying over pay cap this winter (a traditionally slow period) - who's going to do this extra 6%?
Rumors abound about a re-bid sometime in the spring to bring more guys back...
Hey General, when we gonna merge already... ? Every guy from CVG I fly with says "It's any day now!"..... for the last three years....
Good question. I think we would have to clean up the NYC monopoly first (Delta Shuttle--LGA, our JFK hub, your EWR). I have heard that our new CEO likes mergers---since he sold Western to Delta back in 88 I believe.....
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