Originally Posted by
Skyvector
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.
Many of those new-hires were from the original flow directed to flow by arbitration before any AA street hiring occured, so I hope you're including that in your representation. The word your hearing differs from the one I heard and that's only for a few months until Fall. There's a reason they may want to do this and it may just not be a reason you want it to be.
Originally Posted by
Skyvector
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.
The flow was already in place before your most recent agreement to concessions, so Parker didn't "offer" it to you. They offerend an enahnce,ent to what was already on place in exchange for concessions, but that is something different that what you seem to be claiming. Your next amendment round (if you ever get there in your present state, which is unlikely), anything can be put on the table for consideration. Again, IMO, the future Envoy by then will almost certainly include pilots from other carriers via consolidation.