Initially I said it was a smart move for Parker not to needlessly burn trust and potential respect by attempting a scope end run and the avoidance of asking for more seats sounded good.......until it was known he instead asked for more airframes.

Oh well, so much for that opportunity for a "first impression".

Even if it's removed, he blew that opportunity and quite frankly, no matter what if anything changes with this supposed "initial JCBA proposal" (APA term), I cannot help but see him and Kirby as inherently untrustworthy. I don't know, perhaps they're putting too much trust into the union-buster Glass they consulted ?

Glass BLEW the whole Envoy situation out his back-side and now he just screwed Parker and Kirby out of the one thing they supposedly wanted to achieve.........mutual respect, trust and a cooperative relationship. Parker and Kirby will now be cast with suspicion from here on out and that's too bad. Personally, I'd rather get a deal outside of arbitration, but I'm psychologically prepared to arbitrate. That will solidify the future of AA as a continually antagonistic carrier with the majority of the pilots sour going forward. The F/A's are there and so it goes.........all the things everyone wanted AA to be simply a pipe dream and forever in Deltas rear-view mirror. Parker and Kirby may or may not get profits, but the spirit of this carrier necessary to truly compete and provide that superior product is fast vaporizing. Just as Hortons first major mistake on the road to error was appointing Brundage, so will Glass be for Parker and Kirby.

AFAIC, it's "their" airline now and not mine.....and that will say a lot in the future as the majority of front-line employees wallow back to their past AMR attitudes and not move forward to a new AAG attitude, but....


......I guess the old adage of you get what you pay for is true. You also get the relationship you build and it seems clear Parker and Kirby aren't really interested in building anything.