Originally Posted by
jaybob321
Since I haven't seen it truthfully written yet, the flow changed basically from we get half of AA's slots up to 30/month to now we get the first 30 of every month and we are guaranteed that in any year AA hires more than 360 pilots, 360 of them will be Eagle. Depending on how it's done according to the language there are situations where we could get 100% of all the spots at AA. (There are other parts to it such as annual true-ups etc but above is the basics and also these spots are not an interview or anything...we just walk into new hire class when our number comes up)
On paper it's a huge difference from version 1.0, now obviously the question is whether we believe management will actually do it. The language says they will reduce block hours in order to be able to meet the flow demands. The language is about as strong as it could be and doing the math, if Eagle does get all the slots we are promised (big IF), AA hiring to replace retirements alone will mean that few if any pilots actually hit the 4 and 12 year cap.
Again it all boils down to whether we believe that the company will make it happen.
well first off you cannot trust them for much. example we had a contract that was 10 months old and ten days after aa/us merger was approved by the judge, doug and company came for more concessions. So I would not expect any block hours being given away just so you can flow. the flow has no guarantees in it, one force majeure to the judge and it is stopped and you are in a 4/12 year pay cap and stuck. newbies with an opinion about American management thanks but no thanks, now troll away back to your cubicle.