How did this happen? We have just SEVEN
days (eep!) to go before the aviation version of
Christmas -- this year's AirVenture celebration -- kicks off in
Oshkosh, WI.
"Every single time there is some international
incident, oil jumps five bucks a barrel. The pilot thinks: 'I just
relocated my family once, and I'm going to have to relocate them
again, and some unknown event will happen. Some airline will panic
and furlough me again.' They just don't want to get caught in that
whipsaw."
Source: Air Line Pilots Association President
Duane Woerth on reports that as many as four out of five pilots
furloughed after 9/11 are telling airlines 'no thanks' when called
back to work.