Is it factual that some people have been re-hired at top pay, or just CB talk?
Assuming that this was addressed to me........
I have little to no interest in ever working at any YRCW company again. And with the current pay structure, there is zero chance of me ever returning. And unless the starting pay for us veterans was at (or near) topped out, we'd go elsewhere instead of Holland. For guys like myself, the training and experience has value, and you won't get guys like us to come back to help out, paying us less than the competition does. We would require zero training and zero risk, so the company would have to sacrifice some pay to sweeten the bait pile.
I wouldn't say that I'd never come back, but when everyone else has a more stable future, why would we start over at a YRCW company? Starting over there is a risk from our standpoint, so the company is going to have to make sacrifices to ever get any of us back.
My blood still has a hint of orange to it, but not enough to bring me back to low wages and a black cloud hanging over my head.