Originally Posted by
wareagle
Funny that they can offer an immediate increase in flow to 30/month if we agree to concessions, but allowing more than 20/month to abide by the arbitrator's decision is a hardship that will disrupt the operation. Unless we agree to concessions. Can there even be the slightest illusion that they aren't willfully disregarding an arbitrator's decision in order to punish a pilot group? It is CRYSTAL clear that they are REQUIRED to release enough pilots to maintain an aggregate 50% of AA new-hires from the beginning of the 824 flow period, unless it is impossible. At this point I guarantee that they are far enough behind to warrant releasing 30/month anyway. But, unless we agree to concessions, it's a hardship for the operation.
If ALPA is worth anything, these offers will be used as evidence in a lawsuit against the company when the 824 flow concludes with well under 50% of aggregate flow.
If it's so easy to get rid of our airplanes and dish out flying to other providers, it should be no problem to open the throttle on flow. If they are lying about that, then their offer of 30/month in any TA is also a lie that they won't honor (and all their threats are quite a bit more empty). If they are being truthful and it's within their capability to flow 30/month right now if we sign, then they are willfully failing to abide by the arbitration award right now.
They are screwing us, illegally, in order to punish us.