Originally Posted by
das Uber Soldat
If those guys on the jq widebody think jq are going to pay for 230 or so A320 endorsements they have rocks in their head. The Eba allows the company to effectively do whatever they want, and they will. And what they want to do is expend the least amount of capital possible. I got 99 problems but 787 blue shirts pushing me out of my job ain't one.
Rocks in their heads eh. Lets not get emotional and work the problem.
All the JQ787 skippers are 9+ service so the payout is 16 weeks severance ($70K), plus 2 months notice ($38K), plus AL and LSL, lets say between 10 and 20+ weeks (anywhere between $45K and $90K+). So payout figures at a bare minimum of $110K all the way up to $200K+. That doesn't even encompass T&C Captains.
With an endorsement cost of $40K and displacement of A320 FO's with 1-4 years service (4-8 weeks severance), I think the money would be on JQ retraining the B787 crew onto the airbus fleet rather than CR. Lets hope it doesn't come to that for all our sakes!
Hope for the best, plan for the worst.