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06-13-2008, 03:51 PM

#11

VBone

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Only 29 HKG FO total. Don't see how that is 100%.

06-13-2008, 03:55 PM

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fdxmd11fo

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It seems that the company is trying to get people to replace the purple nuggets and the very junior guys in HK, so that they can furlow without shutting down Asia

Just my opinion

06-13-2008, 03:55 PM

#13

Cosnuts

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Next practice bid . . . . . prediction . . . . . . HKG F/O fills . . . . . . Maybe

06-13-2008, 03:57 PM

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Overnitefr8

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I counted 732 +/- training cycles required to fill this bid. That will take forever.

06-13-2008, 04:02 PM

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fedupbusdriver

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You don't train 700 + just to furlough. They could furlough without any excesses. Filling HKG is the motive here.

06-13-2008, 04:09 PM

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Goes211

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06-13-2008, 04:09 PM

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DaRaiders

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fdxmd11fo

It seems that the company is trying to get people to replace the purple nuggets and the very junior guys in HK, so that they can furlow without shutting down Asia

Just my opinion

Hmmm.....HKG still seems very junior to me. A furlough comes and they are gone, too.

06-13-2008, 04:59 PM

#18

magic rat

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All this is is an attempt to fill HKG....period! Good news is they're getting close. I completely agree that once HKG is filled, they'll start singing a different tune to us. Hang tough guys and gals, it's almost over.

Show me the training letter...it's going to be a MONSTER!! I too place my bet that once HKG is filled, no more excesses, people will sit where they're at and the training letter will be canx. 700 plus to train? Give me a break!

They're going to do/say anything to get HKG filled.

We're still making money and our f protection is the junior guys who jumped on this grenade.

06-13-2008, 05:02 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DaRaiders

Hmmm.....HKG still seems very junior to me. A furlough comes and they are gone, too.

I read somewhere on this board that those based in HKG are pretty safe from being furloughed. Do they have some kind of furlough protection or did I misunderstand the post?

06-13-2008, 05:08 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple Nugget

727 S/O getting passover pay for 727 FO. Get awarded 757 FO. Then get excessed back to the 727 SO seat (never left) but now passover gets taken away.

That way, the junior folks keep flying the panel, but now everyone gets paid for the seat the occupy. (Nugget program cancelled, pay stabilized, nobody getting top engineer pay anymore.)

Still no furloughs, still have a job, but a significant pay cut may be in the cards.

Oh yeah, I'm good. Now, Mr. Union, is there not some sort of "whatcha talkin' bout Willis" in that there is an excess bid to get rid of 50 727 SOs, then on the next bid you end up with an even bigger surplus than you started with?