Some however feel differently as this topic proves. Regardless of individual feelings here, it's highly likely East negotiators at the least will persue an LOS reduction for furloughees and a virtual certainty for flow-thrus. APA may even be willing to consider both as well in their "models", of which there already are many. It is not out of the question. One of the considerations (and there are others) is that many AA furloughees made their recall bypass election prior to merger so they had little ability to incorporate a "risk/reward" assessment in returning at any given time. Additionally, if you start altering credit from furloughs who returned vs. those that bypassed, you then begin to reassign pilots to more junior positions on the combined list than pilots they were previously senior to on their pre-merger list. Same with AA flows and East/West furloughs as well and this then destroys the concept of pre-merger career expectations.

Management supposedly wants all fences gone by end of 2016 or even no fences (duh.....it gives them maximum synergy flexibility ASAP), but jumbling the lists around AND dropping fences quickly puts many junior at AA in an especially bad situation, thus APA a would have to be VERY careful with that. A quick fence drop with no LOS alterations would be less jeopardy for APA and more possible or if LOS is a player, then long fences to maintain pre-merger career expectations. Of course, according to the MOU, Parker & Co. must remain neutral regarding SLI and so APA will have to be careful about letting their interests become a motivator.