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[flya380]

According to the latest MEC update the company is planning to displace and furlough 242 pilots......Plus closure of SJU and LGA

WTF.........

I thought 10 days ago we were fine!!!

 

[critterair2]

Did the flight attendent MEC, get anything also? 242 pilots has to affect FA's also.

 

[Mike man]

There are 71 pilots between LGA and SJU so that leaves 171 pilots left over...that is almost the entire FLL FO list. So I guess if we think about this it must be something like this...

70 SJU and LGA displaced back to FLL
120 furloughs (just round numbers)
50 downgrades

That is 240 pilots affected by this...

 

[Colonel Savage]

70 SJU and LGA displaced back to FLL
120 furloughs (just round numbers)
50 downgrades

That is 240 pilots affected by this...

That sounds more likely, but it is still a 25% furlough. Except for some shutdowns, that's the biggest initial furlough I've ever heard of.

This has got J.O.'s signature all over it.

 

[Beetle007]

Hopefully you are correct about only 120 furloughs. I have been hearing the 242 number doesn't include downgrades.

I would think a furlough of this size would mean we are losing airplanes. I wonder where our airplanes are going.

 

[Mike man]

242 is almost half of the seniority list!

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Did they say when it would be effective?

 

[Beetle007]

The contract says they have to give us 14 day notice before we are furloughed. So I guess I still have a job for 2 weeks. And I don't think the 14 day clock until we get our official notice in the mail.

 

[Mike man]

I may be coming down with ass glaucoma in the next few days...

 

[OBX]

This is a huge long shot, but Spirit just--as of Friday--switched to the same reservations software as JetBlue. JetBlue just deferred Airbus deliveries.