mbav8r wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 5:55 pm
altiplano wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 4:05 pm
Last bid was 4900+, now down to 3300 and change. That's about 1/3 of positions gone
Correct me if I’m wrong, 4900 included the 800 vacancies that were not filled.
Yes, it appears that most of the reductions were unfilled jobs including those penciled in for the new FDR. Although I have not heard anything official, others on this forum claim that the air carriers have been given 18 months of relief on those. And that was about 500 to 700 positions.
With a 17% reduction in positions, in theory a 17% reduction in flying (about 14 hours/month) would keep everyone on the property or a 9% (7 hours per month) would keep 300 hundred pilots on the property. This would result in a 68 hour or 75 hour block month, respectively.
Inquiring minds would like to know if ACPA is pursuing such a work sharing arrangement. This has been done in the past to reduce the layoff numbers. I would submit that this is no ordinary recession but a unique situation in which
everyone, not just the junior pilots, feel some pain. This will be interesting to watch.