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Old Feb 1, 2019, 1:20 pm
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Troppy
 
Join Date: Apr 2018
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Originally Posted by estedman
I have not flown at all this year due to the shutdown and got word Wednesday that I won't be working until a full agreement reached. They don't want to send us out just to return on the 15th.

One month of no paychecks is starting to hurt ( I am a contractor and don't get back pay).

Your situation is exactly what I was thinking about. There are a lot of non-governmental contractors that are frequent flyers. Being grounded for 10%ish of a calendar year has to affect medallion qualification, how much? I don’t know.
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