Originally Posted by
Flightcap
You have a limited contract re-opener in late 2020 (if the airline profile page is correct). Is the flow protected from being one of the items management wants to change at that time?
To make me or any other zero-121 interested, we have to see solid reasons to think a flow is semi-permanent, not just a management plan to downsize Envoy that will become a broken promise once AA likes the size of Envoy's pilot group.
Over 60% of AA new hires since 2013 have come from Envoy. Over the past few months AA has taken only Envoy flows and word trickling down is that street hires at AA will stop completely for the rest of the year to flow more Envoy pilots.
We didn't ask for the flow during the last contract negotiations. AA offered it to us. It's their baby and part of their plan. Why would they get rid of it? How would it benefit them? Those are the questions you need to be asking yourself. There lies your answer. AA benefits from an enhanced Envoy flow-through in more ways than one. Obviously Envoy pilots benefit as well.
And in any case, our amendment round is for quality of life issues. The flow doesn't fall into that category.