TBucket

Damn... That truly blows... I hope they come up with something soon... That's a lot of guys out on the street.

Purpleanga

So what's the deal with AA, are we going to keep flying for them? Considering almost half the flying is gone and Rick Leach has been elected chairman of the RAA for doing wonderful work at Trans States........

250 or point 65

I'm near the top of the June 2007 class list and have not received a call. Just got a text from a guy in my class that he will be furloughed March 5th.

CaptCarl, did he say that was the extent of the furlough's due to the Eagle planes, or just the start?

He said 365 pilots total after the reductions? That would put me only a couple from the bottom

undflyboy06

I got the call from DG tonight also pertaining to Feb 5th. I know it sucks, but I had a great time flying the Jungle Jet. The flying was fun, so I'm not going to cry over this.

The funny thing is that I have this sneaky feeling that even though we are going to be gone Feb 5th, that they are going to relocate us to IAD a month prior. If that's the case I'll gladly put in my resignation instead of putting up with that crap.

Pilotpip

Good luck guys. I'd be right there with you if I were still there. I'd probably be at or on the bottom if I still had a job (June 07 too).

Furlough sucks. At least you know far enough in advance that you can try and find something else. That was my only saving grace here at RAH.

250 or point 65

yep, just heard from the 366th pilot that he was the most senior to get furloughed. I just wanna know if thats the plan as far as the American Connection reductions go

expectholding

DH said with 33 airplanes he would expect staffing of about 300 pilots, that sounds a lil more trans state-ish to me. i don't expect march to be the end of the furloughs...unfortunately.

bryris

I guess anyone is June class is furloughed, March 5th?

CaptainCarl

He said that the furloughs for Jan, Feb, and Mar are all due to us losing the AMR aircraft. He didn't actually say that it was going to be 365 pilots, he just told me the employee number of the most senior guy getting furloughed and I just looked him up to see where he was at on the seniority list (366).

As for further furloughs... I don't know and DG didn't say.

Typically you need 10 guys to run one airplane all the time, so if we do some basic math... 33 x 10 = 330... there you have the number of guys they are going to need. As for reserves and stuff, I don't know if thats factored into the 10 guys per airplane or not. 365 does seem a little fat, but maybe, just maybe, those idiots who run this joint are thinking ahead. I doubt it though.

flynavyj

300 probably would be a more realistic number given the way TSA staffs the airline. What really peeves me, is just like this past month, they'll send guys to dulles, and change the number of downgrades because they're sending the most junior people, and furloughing the most junior people. Then, guys who were captains, find themselves sitting FO reserve for the remainder of the month.

Also, i believe they attempt to staff the spare airplanes with 4 crews or so per plane, and not 5.

As a result of this, the Dulles base (and once it opens) ORD base, will most likely always be staffed by the guys getting ready to get the boot.....This company will expect you to bend over backwards for them, so they can make major changes to your lifestyle, and eventually reward you with a pink slip for your hard work.



burn it down.