Originally Posted by
DoNotReset
However, the 20/mo is not a guarantee... The 50% per class is not a guarantee... and the company can withhold pilots if it decides that it needs them for "operational consideration".
The 20/mo and 50%
IS a guarantee.. in writing, in the 4 party signed arbitration award. The VP of flight ops has clearly stated that 20 will go per month and 20 will be the maximum the company will allow. The training center can't handle more than that. They can only withhold "above" 20.
AA will offer to Eagle pilots 50% of the pilot positions (net of any AA pilots returning from deferred furlough status) in that class, and each subsequent class, until 824 Eagle pilots have been hired at AA.
b.
The intent of this agreement is to provide 50% of the AA new hire training slots to 824 AE pilots in such a way that the AE operation is not disrupted.
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As such, AE management will release no fewer than 20 AE pilots per month in a month in which AA is entering new hire pilots into training, in an effort to meet the 50%. If AE management determines that they can release more than 20 pilots in any given month, they will do so.