Originally Posted by
mohikan
I spoke to 3 LWOP pilots in the last 90 minutes.
None of them have had any contact from the company offering them re-employment. Quite the opposite actually - two of them told me the last email they got in mid-October said we will get in touch with you in 2024.
We’ll I’ve already flown with S/O’s who’ve come back from LWOP early and have a good friend who has done similar on the 380.
The Head of Base Ops emailed all pilots in October saying that 787 S/O’s on LWOP will be coming back in December (unless PER based) and 330 S/O’s in Jan. There may be exceptions for guys who took contracts at Group airlines as I believe there were some minimum commitments as part of those opportunities.
I’d suggest the 3 pilots you spoke to may need to be a bit more proactive if they actually want to come back sooner, or possibly they don’t and that is why QF will start recruiting.