March 12, 2014

Base Visit – MIA

Fellow Pilots:

The TA base visits continued today in Miami.* Captains Sprague, Mark, Magee and Gardner were in attendance as well as Captain James Funderburk, and First Officer Ken Wells, Council 126 Representatives.* The Miami base visit was well attended.

On Saturday, March 15 the Dallas base visit will be conducted in the DFW crew room from 12noon until 5pm, and also on Sunday, March 16 from 9am until 12noon.* The Council 114 (Training Center) visit has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at the request of the 114 representative.* The NY base visits will be Thursday, March 20 in JFK from 9am until 3pm and Friday, March 21 in LGA from 10am until 4pm.** If possible, please stop by.* Refreshments will be served.

Pilot voting on the TA begins at 10:00am EDT on Thursday, the 13th of March and ends at 10:00am EDT on Friday, the 28th of March.* All active members in good standing are eligible to vote and voting will be conducted on the ALPA.org website.* Voting instructions will be made available in another communication prior to the start of voting.

John Gardner, Chairman

EGL ALPA Communication Committee

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Company Communication

Yesterday, Pedro Fábregas released a communication addressed to the pilot group and today released a communication addressed to the First Officers.* The communication yesterday contained bullet points discussing the TA and the current agreement.* The communication today discusses the First Officer pay reduction schedule.* We encourage all pilots to read and study all available communications as we move into the TA voting period and weigh them for the value of their information.

Many of you have pointed out the third bullet point, “Guaranteed enhanced flow-through” in the March 10 communication.* That bullet contains language that is in addition to the company’s obligations under the TA.** Mr. Fábregas referenced a 50% figure of additional flow throughs above the first 30 in any month.* In any month when AA hires at least 30 pilots, the first 30 of those pilots will be flow throughs from Eagle.* For example, if AA hires 70 pilots in one month, 35 would be flow throughs.* If AA hired any number between 30 and 60 pilots, 30 would be flow throughs.

In addition to the “first 30” and “50%” provisions, there are “true-up” provisions.* If AA hires less than 120 pilots during the last 4 months of 2014, ALL of those pilots will be flow throughs from Eagle.* Effective January 2015, if AA hires 360 or more pilots in any calendar year, AA will hire at least 360 Eagle flow throughs.* If in any calendar year, AA hires less than 360 pilots, AA will be required to offer to Eagle flow throughs a number of positions equal to 100% of the total new hire positions for the year.*

Examples:

Example 1: As of March 31, 2017 AA has hired and entered into training 180 pilots in 2017 and 90 of those are Eagle flowthrough pilots.* Due to an unexpected change in its hiring plan, AA stops hiring on March 31 and does not hire and enter into training off-the-street for the remainder of 2017.* AA is obligated to hire and enter into training and Eagle is obligated to release at least an additional 90 Eagle flowthrough pilots during the remainder of 2017 even though this brings AA’s total hiring for 2017 to 270 or more.*

Example 2: As of March 31, 2017 AA has hired and entered into training 180 pilots in 2017 and 90 of those are Eagle flowthrough pilots.* Due to an unexpected change in its hiring plan, AA reduces its hiring on April 1, 2017 to 15 pilots per month.* AA is obligated to hire and enter into training and Eagle is obligated to release an additional 15 Eagle flowthrough pilots per month to achieve a total of 180 Eagle flowthrough pilots and will fill 100% of AA’s classes during the remainder of 2017 until that is achieved.

Company emails are a valuable source of information for all pilots.* As with all other sources of information, the source should be considered and the data carefully weighed for suitable application.* Any website, social media vehicle or other source which seeks to influence a vote, as opposed to simply informing the pilots, should be very carefully considered.

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Air Line Pilots Association, International
Air Line Pilots Association, International

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