Originally Posted by Dunkin

I feel that letter should not have been written. We still have plenty of eligible pilots that can upgrade whether it be current FOs or new hires in training. If some upgrade spots go unfilled they should just hire street captains and let whoever wants to come over do so instead of bringing Envoy pilots with the airplanes. If staffing gets too tight they could delay some of the 700s or park some 200s, but that will be management's decision and not ours'. I say change the SSP to a flow and increase the numbers so that the only way to AA is through one of the wholly owned carriers and the staffing issue will go away.