Originally Posted by
embraer
That is all a possibility, there is no telling what kind of crazy things they are cooking up.
But again, remember we are in bankrupcy. AMR can impose anything they want on us, including a new contract. All they need is the judge to sign off on it.
Why would they even bother with whipsaw? The point of that is to create a civil war as a way to get around the unions and our contract. Right now that isn't even nescessary. AMR can get what they want and there is very little any of us can do about it.
They can keep all of this very simple. Keep their regional flying in house under whatever terms they can convince the judge is "fair". Even more simple for AMR would be to staple us to the bottom of AA's seniority list with fences. For all we know that is exactly what is being tossed around.
One AA pilot already told me their pilot group was on board with that idea. So who knows? All I can say is that given our current situation and that we are in bankrupcy it doesn't make any sense for AMR to go through the trouble of whipsaw, outsourcing, or even dangling planes in front of us.
The only person of interest for them right now is the judge. Period. We are all just along for the ride.
Why bother with a whipsaw ?
Because at some point, you WILL be back in negotiations. A term sheet would make that sooner rather then later. Either way, the whipsaw scenario puts and keeps leverage ALWAYS in the hands of the company. Yes, many here ARE "on board" with an Eagle pilot inclusion for one seniority list, but it has always been AMR who dicides that, so what one pilot says means little as remember that we too are at the mercy of a judge. If AMR sses that arraingement as in their best interest, it could become reality, but if they don't, then forget about it.
Actually, if you read your own term sheet, the "flow though" language and options don't seem to support AMR's interest in an SSL. If they were thinking along SSL lines there would be no need to waste time with all that methodology and language for the 238 or the 824.