WN pilot terminated?

[Luv2BFlyin]

Heard a DEN based FO was terminated immediately following a trip after putting a resignation letter in effective later in February. Nice, must be more of the "LUV".

 

[Kingwood]

After a major uproar from the pilot group, the company backed off and accepted his Feb notice date...dude was a furloughed United bro, 55+ yrs old, accepted the recall from them....good for him...good to see SWA back off the knee jerk reaction to his departure

 

[Luv2BFlyin]

Good to hear. It's a shame that the process had to go through those steps. I'm sure pilots leaving is a new reality that this mgmt. would not be easily swayed towards accepting. Glad they did the right thing when faced by a "major uproar" by the pilots, adds insight to other situations.

 

[Dumb Pilot]

I'm sure pilots leaving is a new reality that this mgmt. would not be easily swayed towards accepting.

Maybe it is time they got off that high horse.......! An un contained ego is a terrible flaw.

 

[BuckMurdock1]

I guess I don't understand; why would someone give more than 2 week's notice in the airline business? It's not like we're some VP of a corporation or something where finding our replacement could take the company months. Regardless; giving more than two weeks should be greatly appreciated by any company I'd think.
I don't get why their reaction would be to fire him. Glad it was undone via fellow pilot solidarity..

 

[Dumb Pilot]

I don't get why their reaction would be to fire him.

Maybe when they asked him why, he told him some realities that were hard to swallow.

 

[Dash Power]

Maybe when they asked him why, he told him some realities that were hard to swallow.

The truth is actually he said it was a very hard decision. It had to do with his age and relative seniority at both places. He said if he was ten years younger (mid-forties) he would have stayed at SWA.

He explained his situation at length with clarity. Very classy guy on how he handled all this and the company revisited their unfair actions and changed their mind. They were wrong and admitted as much. Many pilots, including myself, were very vocal about how unethical it was to do what SWA did without continuing his pay and benefits to the time he stated he was leaving.

 

[waveflyer]

Maybe it is time they got off that high horse.......! An un contained ego is a terrible flaw.

I've always liked my uncontained ego.
Just funner knowing you're so damn good at living
;-)

Glad the company did the right thing in the end even if I wish they'd do it more often in the moment

 

[General Lee]

After a major uproar from the pilot group, the company backed off and accepted his Feb notice date...dude was a furloughed United bro, 55+ yrs old, accepted the recall from them....good for him...good to see SWA back off the knee jerk reaction to his departure

Ya see, this guy got SUPER bored with the day in, day out West Texas flying, and it didn't matter how much he got paid as a Corndog, he wanted Variety again in his life. At 55+ years old, multiple leg days with 25 min turns suck... Even if he is semi-junior at UAL, he might have a shot at Long Haul 777 or 767 that would reward him with nice destinations, fewer legs, long relaxing layovers, and first class meals. Well done. He had a taste of the Corndog life, and bailed out, regardless of the high pay. That says something. And then he was fired after turning in a resignation letter? How will Red-liar and Wave explain that?



Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[General Lee]

The truth is actually he said it was a very hard decision. It had to do with his age and relative seniority at both places. He said if he was ten years younger (mid-forties) he would have stayed at SWA.

He explained his situation at length with clarity. Very classy guy on how he handled all this and the company revisited their unfair actions and changed their mind. They were wrong and admitted as much. Many pilots, including myself, were very vocal about how unethical it was to do what SWA did without continuing his pay and benefits to the time he stated he was leaving.

Bravo Dash! Bravo Dash! Look, he wanted to avoid certain stagnation and see the World again. It didn't matter about the pay anymore, because he could get close at UAL, and have variety and not work as hard. End of story. Can't believe the knee jerk reaction from your bosses, though. Kinda makes sense to some people probably.....


And maybe this had something to do with it? Huge upward movement, to larger, higher paying equipment that can help you see the World..... This is from another board about the latest UAL Vacancy bid:


Vacancy Summary:
Captains
ORD777CA 15
DCA777CA 20
SFO777CA 10
DCA756CA 5
EWR737CA 50
ORD737CA 10
DEN737CA 10
LAX737CA 10

First Officers
ORD777FO 10
DCA777FO 20
SFO777FO 20
DCA756FO 5
EWR76TFO 75



Bye Bye---General Lee