Pilot Layoffs
Hi everyone,
I need some help and hope You could have some ideas.
I work as a Captain for the national carrier and the group of 6 Captains on A319/320 were announced as technological surplus on that type and forced to sign a contract for Dash Q 400 for new bonding as the only alternative. The company decided to give them a sack if they do not sign a new contract even though they are pretty high on the seniority and should not even be taken as surplus. The criteria for the surplus were labour law as 50% and seniority as 50% taken from company. I just wanted to see if there were similar cases.
Taking the labour law and company making points for each criteria it seems if You were 45 years of age and came yesterday You are saved and being 11 years in the company with age 34 you are a looser.
If any of us got the first training as a PIC on Dash we would not say a word.
We still have a contract for PIC on A319/320 going on and the company has F/Os ready for the upgrade for Dash. We have offered to get the right hand seat qualification because we are getting new Airbuses in 2012 but they force us and this is unbearable. We have all been flying the Abus for 10 years.
We have seniority which says who came last goes first. The company hired new pilots but says we have to go if we do not sign.We are going to court but I guess I will end up on a street before.
My question is do You know how other company solved the problem if they had too many captains on one type, did they fire the F/Os and gave Right Seat qualification, or some other solution?
Also I need some good and bad practice examples naming Airlines following seniority during pilot layoffs?
Thanks to all of You helping
Last edited by flygirl319320; 8th January 2010 at 09:18.