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SrfNFly227
A question from an outsider. A lot of us have now received emails stating that hiring has been combined and that new hires will be assigned to US or AA based on need. Does anybody know how the Eagle flow is affected by this? If I remember right, your flow is based on a percentage of AA new hire class size, but the classes will now be larger and will be split between the two carriers. Will you get a percentage of the combined class?
That MAY now be subjective. The question is "what" is AA for the purposes of the Envoy flow now that the carrier is merged. Sure there are still two (or three depending on your angle) seniority lists, but does the 824 flow language guarantee placement on the present APA seniority list or a just a "position at AA", which in managements interpretation could be initial assignment to the US Airways side ?
Should management attempt to interpret that and it goes to arbitration, how would an arbitrator rule ?
I'm not stating an answer, but asking a question. Has the Envoy MEC addressed this ? Will this be an aspect of a future agreement offer that Mason says is imminent ?