Originally Posted by deelmakur
Unfortunately, buyout packages have to be offered to every qualified participant. At many companies, not just airlines, many of the people who take them are the ones the company least wants to lose.
Aren't these the type of folks that AS was trying to get rid of? I.e., those with the highest seniority, at the top of the pay scale?
I believe the goal was to lower labor costs by retaining less senior staff who are lower on the pay scale.