I would imagine that once they get through the former TWA FAs the recall rate would look much like ours. That s probably why its so hush hush. In the Northeast we had around 400 people on the recall list for Aircraft maintenance, only around 20 accepted the recall. They are now trying to hire off the street, basically getting people that were fired by other carriers I hear. We have guys who simply just stop coming to work. With the economy in recovery and the latest job figures looking better the airlines are in for a rude awakening, flight benifits are not enough to draw in the talent they need.
Once they get through the former TWA FA's there will be no recall rate, since there will be no more recall list. 127 of 147 of the first group of those who had never been recalled accepted, which is 84%, and these are people who've been off since 2003. Although a few will retire after completing training, the overall acceptance rate will be very high.
Good to hear..... I wonder if the remaining (200 plus or so ) recalls will be recalled this year. Any info on this ???
You are so correct Bob. The company is going out find out at some point they have nothing to offer.
Neither you nor Bob have any idea what you are talking about. Bob has been informed before that there are no furloughees that are not former TWA, yet he keeps posting of some corporate apocalyptic awakening "when they get through the TWA recalls." You can NOT compare mechanics, etc to flight attendants. Yes, mechanics can find better, higher paying jobs with a more assured future than with the airlines. There is no comparable job for flight attendants out in the "real world."
I doubt AA could get 100K applicants, let alone 10,000 that could do the job if the APFA decided to strike, they couldnt do it in 1993 when the job paid a lot more in real terms. You seem to forget that dishing out sodas and meals may be what you see them doing but unless you've been in an emergency or seen them train there's more to the job than that. Delta got 85000 applications, you say for only 575 and make it sound like thats a lot, well the number of openings doesnt really have anything to do with the number of applicants, they probably would have had the same whether it was 10 or 100,000 openings, but there were 15 million unemployed , so over 14 million who dont have a job would apparently rather remain unemployed than fill out an application to go work for Delta. That says a lot more than 85000 applications for 575 openings. My guess is that you never collected unemployemnt compensation either, well in most states you have to prove job search, meaning that you fill out applications with no intentions or aspirations on taking the job, you fill it out to show that you complied with the rules.
