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The return rate has been a little slewed in the beginning. They had to go through all the guys with high senority that took the vouluntary options that were in the last two RIF's. Most of them left with a plan, like starting a business. The recall was a fallback plan and a chunk of cash out the door. Right now the ATL recall is somewhere one half of the way through the last RIF of involuntary. The return rate seems to be picking up. I think that once they get into the guys from the previous RIF the rate of return will plument. Those guys have been gone too long and many have moved on.
I think this means we will see a new hire wave hitting in a few months. I know we will be hiring in some outstations. Here in BOS we are looking at losing 6-7 to recall to ATL alone.
I think this means we will see a new hire wave hitting in a few months. I know we will be hiring in some outstations. Here in BOS we are looking at losing 6-7 to recall to ATL alone.
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It's a pretty hard decision to go make. You weigh your passion to keep 'em flyin against your commitment to family. After getting a taste of being home on w/e's, holidays, and family get togethers, it is tough to go back to a 24/7 operation with no security. After you weigh the income against the quality of life, it is really tough.
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One would have to be awfully hard up to want to come back to work for Charaf & co.
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More often than not, folks find out they have to make significant cutbacks in their lifestyle when they take a job outside the airlines.
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Really? Perhaps those who didn't work a regular 40 hour workweek had to make cutbacks in their lifestyle, but aside from missing the ability to hop on a plane with little forethought, most people I know have found the exact opposite.
For 17 years, I pretty much lived paycheck to paycheck, even as a management employee. Since leaving the industry last year, we now have a savings balance equal to a couple mortgage payments, and have been able to do a lot of things that we simply couldn't afford to do on an airline salary.
Now, if loosing the stress over whether or not you'll be furloughed in the immediate future is considered a cutback in lifestyle, then perhaps you're correct...
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<_< ---- Oh really? I talked to one Ol boy I ran into the other day! It seems he's happier than a pig in a mud puddle! Asked if he'd come back if called, and said no way! He's working as an elevator mechanic. Making a lot more than he did working on Aircraft!!! And has descent working hours, and time off! ----- When will we figure out there's more to life than Airplanes?--- 😉
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<_< ----- Good for you FM! I wish more people out there would figure that out! I talked to a fellow mechanic that transfered in from JFK. He told me that in New York he worked three jobs, to maintain one house! Since he's here in MCI, now he has one job, and three houses!!!
So sometimes that lifestyle change can work for you, instead of against you! If you use your head!RDU Jetblast
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Don't get me wrong. There ARE opportunities and our skills are highly valued in other industries. But not everyone finds them.
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<_< ---- No one ever said life was easy, or fair! My point is that a once primer job, somehow isn't what it used to be! And people just move on!
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Agreed.
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You can find a chart for some selected airlines at
http://amfadelta.com/documents/Comparable_AMT_pay_rates.ppt
or go to slide 64 here.
http://atd.twuatd.org/americanairlines/oct...files/frame.htm
What isn't shown on those charts is the rates at UPS and FedEx. I believe they are both higher than most if not all others. I know it is because those companies are making cash, but it seems kind of twisted around. I'm tasked with maintaining the safety of an aircraft that hold the lives of 100's of people, while their's just carry around some boxes.
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In the words of Ray Valeika, "they don't do what we do."
That was his answer in a meeting at the DFW hanger around 2000. Take it for what it is worth.
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