USAir Furlough Recall: My Decision

[CA1900]

...or a turboprop operator out of Texas who told him "we can't pay you much, but we can give you stock."

He went to TWA

......that other operation was a company called Southwest Airlines.

Southwest has never had turboprops at any point in its history; their first planes were 737-200s. Cute story, though...

 

[AA717driver]

Good luck, Furloughed! Hope everything works out for you. TC

 

[av8er2]

Every future airline pilot should read this. You hit the nail on the head. Good luck.

 

[sqwkvfr]

Southwest has never had turboprops at any point in its history; their first planes were 737-200s. Cute story, though...

Well, that would be an error in recollection on my part....not a lie on his.

 

[PHXFLYR]

Wow, you sound really cool and very much informed. NOT. No work rules were taken. We got a large check ($180,000 for me) for the claim sale to cover for pay cuts (USAir guys got a $4400 check for a XMAS bonus, and I got $180,000 as an FO), and we are getting another check (over $50,000 up to $250,000) for the pension dump, plus we get a B fund (DC fund) in our own names which we can take with us, and an 11% contribution each month by the company for it. You are such a joke. Make sure you do some research before you look dumb. I said furloughed again made his own decision, but he wanted some advice and I gave it to him. He continually came on here looking for advice, which in reality was him reaching out for help, wanting people to tell him not to return. It is his choice, but it could be the wrong one. Regardless, you sound like a complete noodle.

Bye Bye--General Lee

You know,you're not even worth responding to any more . "I got this, we got that, while the other guy got...."; who really gives a dam what you and you Delta buddies got?? The whole thing is going to be back in CH 11 by the next economic down turn when you guys finally figure out you can't make any money flying empty ER's between ATL and Chad.Give it a rest already and for God's sake ,General...GROW UP ALREADY,will you please???


PHXFLYR

 

[On Your Six]

Classic General Lee - he is not afraid to share his thoughts. Regardless, I don't think Wal-Mart will ever go fractional....

 

[johnnyb]

You made the right choice to stay put.

Great post.

 

[Saabslime]

Good choice not to come back. This place isn't worth giving a second thought to anymore. Add me to the list of pilots looking for another career. Currently working on an MBA and hope to find something to get me out of this joke of a "profession" relatively soon. :beer: Good luck to you sir.

 

[General Lee]

You know,you're not even worth responding to any more . "I got this, we got that, while the other guy got...."; who really gives a dam what you and you Delta buddies got?? The whole thing is going to be back in CH 11 by the next economic down turn when you guys finally figure out you can't make any money flying empty ER's between ATL and Chad.Give it a rest already and for God's sake ,General...GROW UP ALREADY,will you please???


PHXFLYR

This aint a popularity contest, and I was giving my personal opinion. I hope he enjoys his current job. I responded also to some untrue facts from that ferlo guy, and he opened that can of worms himself. And, we can make money empty between ATL and Chad just on the cargo alone, probably. Also, you may be correct that Furloughed Again should move on, since your company really is full of some major problems. Hopefully you and your East cohorts can grow up yourselves and get it together. Maybe that is asking too much.

So, Furloughed again, please, have fun at Wal-Mart. Good luck to you.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[aa73]

Southwest has never had turboprops at any point in its history; their first planes were 737-200s. Cute story, though...

actually, they did.... when Rollin King was running it, it was called "Air Southwest" using prop aircraft charters around TX. I know, that was before the "real" Southwest started with 737s. I'm just bored...

73

 

[Dumb Pilot]

The best post that I have ever read on this forum, thanks Furloughed Again. being one that have seen two downturns of the industry and one that had to look for another option outside our borders due to having lost hope in the viability of this industry to supply a future for my family, I have to agree that your assessment of ALPA as an institution is very accurate.

Best of luck

 

[Jaffo]

While that may be true of ALPA (I don't know), it certainly isn't true of all unions. I've been absolutely blown away by how good my union has been here at Netjets, even as a new guy. An absolute night-and-day difference compared to my previous non-union job.

A union is what its members make of it. If it's made up of apathetic members who are only out for themselves, then that's the representation you get. I get more than my dues' worth, that's for sure.

alpa is not a union, it's an "association"! A high priced magazine subscription. A fraternity with no brotherhood outside of the individual airlines.

peace

 

[Jaffo]

Southwest has never had turboprops at any point in its history; their first planes were 737-200s. Cute story, though...

When did SWA get the 727's?

 

[CA1900]

When did SWA get the 727's?

Uhhh... what 727s?

 

[swait]

When did SWA get the 727's?

They got one from Braniff in 78 as part of an anti-trust settlement. Then they had a few that they leased from Peoples Express in the early 80's to help with capacity.