The furloughed pilots from AAA are "not being cut loose", they just cannot displace an active pilot. The recalls mean that whoever accepts a recall will come back on the active list at his normal place on the AAA seniority list.

If the West (AWA) has any new hire openings then the same furloughee would have the option to go to the AWA list, on the bottom of that list. However, when the two seniority lists are combined (doesn't look like that will happen for at least 1 more year) that recalled pilot would go to whatever position on the combined list based on his original AAA seniority number. Confused? You should be! Any AAA pilot recalled to AWA gets to keep his longevity for pay purposes, so even though he may be placed on the bottom of the AWA list for a year he gets whatever longevity he had accrued for pay and vacation. Longevity, of course, is based only on the active time that pilot spent on the AAA seniority list. We have former AAA pilots now that were hired a couple of years ago that still have AAA seniority numbers. It will be interesting when this is all through.

One more thing, there are 3 757s coming and all the E 190s. They will be placed on the AAA certificate (that will be the surviving certificate for FAA purposes) but whoever flys them is still to be negotiated per the transistion agreement. AWA was in a growth mode before this buyout so we feel we should have a share of the new flying before the lists are merged. The plan is for us to have a single certificate in April of 2007, but it can't be a done deal until the seniority lists are merged as well.