This is a post on another message board from a well known delta pilot who is commenting on the issue (he hasn't been furloughed)
Well, this is my opinion here...
First, DALPA is in the process of suing the company for attempting to break our contract. Any pilot on the seniority list as of July 1, 2001 CANNOT BE FURLOUGHED.
Primarily, there is a large union push among the employee groups at Delta. Delta's trying to make an example out of us to show the other employees the "value" of a union by furloughing, or threatening to furlough, a ****load of pilots.
I can't tell you how pissed I am, not to mention embarassed that they'd use September 11th to serve as an excuse.
I'll try and post the news release from my union a little later on tonight or tomorrow about what's going to take place legally.
I have a lot of friends that are within the furlough target and it hurts me greatly that the company I so proudly raved about would do something like this.