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Old 05-28-2014 | 08:41 AM
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griff312
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Yes. For now. There are no seniority numbers at AA given to Eagle (ENY) pilots, but... There is a set of 2 different flow through agreements.

The first, is called the "824". It's an arbitration award that the company HAS to abide by, or face the wrath of the mighty arbitrator! It was rewarded for damages done to almost 1000 Eagle (ENY) pilots when AA had flow-backs come to Eagle and displace CA's, FO's, and cause furlough's. Basically, the original award was for AA to fill 50%, or better, of their new hire classes with Eagle (ENY) pilot's, until 824 Eagle's (ENY) pilots have gone over. The company is currently metering to 20 pilots a month though (sucks on months AA has over 40 people in classes).

The second flow agreement is the "Protected Pilots" agreement. Basically, it's a contract agreement (LOA), that was agreed upon between our previous MEC and AA in exchange for scope relaxation. The LOA is that AA would staff 30%, or better, of new hire classes with Eagle (ENY) flow through's, or a minimum of 20 a month (I think) This extends to any pilot on property prior to Oct 2011. This was agreed upon by the MEC in exchange for AA to take the airplanes on Eagle property (certificated in Eagle's name) and re-cert them in AA's name, and cancel the scope clause for Eagle pilots to go with the airplane's if they where removed from Eagle (side note, the pilots where NOT given the chance to vote on this. It was a back room dealing). This one is very convoluted. There's several side notes in the new post BK contract that changes, increases the flow numbers in certain events. Such as "If Eagle (ENY) finds themselves with a surplus of pilots, and in a position that furlough where possible, the flow shall increase to XX% a month". Also, the way the company meters as they see fit, and seems to have no regard to the contract at times, I wouldn't be surprised to see the "Protected Pilots" agreement somehow get treated the same. By that, I mean the '824' is an arbitration award, so they cannot mess with it much. The 'Prot Pilot' program is just an LOA, so we'll see how they treat the flow through stuff after the '824' is over.

Last edited by griff312; 05-28-2014 at 08:52 AM.
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