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B757200ER
TWA LLC was wholly owned by American Airlines, not by AMR Corp. TWA and AA pilots were represented seperately until April '02, when the NMB officially declared AA/TWA pilots to be a SINGLE CARRIER for representation purposes, and since the TWA/AA pilot seniority list had been integrated April '01, it was just a mere formality. So, one pilot group, under one company, represented by one union. In other words, there were NO 'new hires' for the purposes of Letter 3. There will be new hires after every AA pilot on the AA seniority list that was FURLOUGHED is RECALLED, then Eagle pilots will be allowed to flow up. FAA operating certificates have NOTHING to do with being a new-hire.
yes but there were people who NEVER worked for AA who were furloughed immediately. these are the specific people the arbitrator mentions that will have to goto "new hire" training as outlined in FAA 8400.10 and AA's AQP. (ie they never were on american's certificate as a pilot). he then goes on to say that some of these pilots WERE eligible to flow back through the Bloch decision, that AE CJ captains be eligible to flow through. in his words:
"....Indeed, AA and APA created this controversy by lifting this restriction(i'm adding here: the restriction was that TWA pilots inlcuded in section IV cannot be excluded from section III), originally contained in Supplement CC, which prevented former TWA pilots from procuring employment at AE. Under the APA's and AA's inequitable interpretation of Section III, the former TWA pilots receive furlough protection at the expense of AE pilots while the AE pilots receive nothing in return even though the former TWA pilots substantially expanded the AA seniority list. Consequently, the AE pilots unreasonably absorbed two hits...."