US Airways Final Recalls: Take it, or Leave it?

[olympus593]

A Powerhouse? Usair? somebody drug test this guy he is on something.

 

[vetrider]

A Powerhouse? Usair? somebody drug test this guy he is on something.

Hey, the fella was talking about what ifs, not necessarily what is going on at present. Don't laugh to hard, think about Continental from 83 into the early 90s, do you think anyone thought that they would have their ******************** together like they do now?

Sure a powerhouse USAir sounds laughable now, but you never know.

 

[PHXFLYR]

Good point.

PHXFLYR

 

[PlaneDrvr]

Hey, the fella was talking about what ifs, not necessarily what is going on at present. Don't laugh to hard, think about Continental from 83 into the early 90s, do you think anyone thought that they would have their ******************** together like they do now?

Sure a powerhouse USAir sounds laughable now, but you never know.

But, during any part of that time peroid did Continental have a "Drunk Moron" running their company??? Think about it?

AWA guys help me out here; tell me something, anything that this drunk moron has ever done that can be considered smart??

Just my $0.02, for what its worth. Now go ahead AWA pinheads, rant away. lol

DA

 

[vetrider]

But, during any part of that time peroid did Continental have a "Drunk Moron" running their company??? Think about it?

AWA guys help me out here; tell me something, anything that this drunk moron has ever done that can be considered smart??

Just my $0.02, for what its worth. Now go ahead AWA pinheads, rant away. lol

DA

What if the drunk moron gets the boot? What if Gordon Bethune decides to fix USAirways after the drunk moron gets the boot? See where I'm going with this?

I'm an AWA pilot. All I'm trying to say is who woulda thunk it stuff happens all the time. Don't mistake that for rah rah supporting of the "drunk moron", or the wearing of rose colored glasses.

 

[Golden Falcon]

Maybe they didnt have a "drunk moron" but they were staffed with scabs...

 

[CA1900]

But, during any part of that time peroid did Continental have a "Drunk Moron" running their company??? Think about it?

Do the words "Frank Lorenzo" bring anything to mind? :uzi:

 

[Crzipilot]

Not really definate information, but Dean is looking for a guy hired Jan 2000, as they can't get in contact with him, before they permanently take him off the list. So they are slowly working their way back up the list...

 

[Soulfly]

Two Words. Verify............Checked.

Love the new checklists. Not.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

I heard today that the "take it or leave it" letters have made it all the way back to August 99. Getting really close...

 

[152SIC]

How many does that leave on the list after August of 99?

 

[FurloughedAgain]

Around 1200 more I believe.

 

[AV80R]

- Let me ask you a question. Seriously now. I've been furloughed since 2002. If I could have been hired by Southwest, UPS, FedEx... don't you think I would be there right now???

FurloughedAgain - Not necessarily - a couple of my friends meet all the requirements and have been waiting for years for a call from any of the three airlines; sometimes it’s just pure luck, or as you said, lack of it.

Missing a few hundred PIC turbine and a whole mess of good luck.

As far as your pic time - I'm sorry, didn't realize that.
However, there are some options here: my roommate's friend was in your shoes as well, had less than 1K turbine pic time. He ended up flying a King Air on a part time basis just to add the 300 hours or so of turbine pic time. I believe he was hired about a year ago and is now flying the MD11 out of ANC now. (besides the King Air job he flew in the right seat at a supplemental carrier flying our troops to and from the Middle East and Europe.)

I mention this just to show you some options, that’s all.

Good luck to you.

 

[Boeing747Driver]

I heard today that the "take it or leave it" letters have made it all the way back to August 99. Getting really close...

I would Leave it.

As a pilot on both lists I wouldn't recommend coming back. This poop hole is going to implode soon. Sad but true.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

It's funny. I remember during my last months at USAir asking some of the Captains I flew with:

"What would you do, if USAir disappeared tomorrow?"

So few had any real plan-B. The most common answer?

"Oh, I guess i'd just go to Southwest".

You would just go? Just show up on Monday? They're waiting for you and your ten-thousand hours of experience and wisdom?

I think they lacked a clear understanding of the industry and the pickle that the furloughed pilots were facing.

Now, faced with the decision to stay at my present employer or return, I ask myself the same question:

"What will I do if <insert company name here> disappears tomorrow?"

Today I ask myself that question of BOTH employers -- USAir and my current employer.

If I returned to USAir only to be furloughed again... boy a guy can only take so much rejection. I'm sure I would quit flying... but not so sure what else I would/could do? Too old and cynical to become a monk...

My current employer is woven into the very fabric of the American landscape and it's economy -- if they disappeared I believe that to be a sign of the apocalypse... however, I think it very possible that new management may at some point decide to eliminate the corporate aircraft or outsource to a fractional. If this job went away -- again, I think i'm done flying, and if they cant find me a job elsewhere within the company... I just don't know what I would do.

Wish I had a degree in something other than Aviation Management. I wish someone had slapped me over the head in college and suggested that I get an education in something useful.