Speedbird! I told you that in confidence!


Joking aside, the idea was discussed some years at Eagle during the AA bankruptcy. Seniority Numbers are "owned" by APA and their response to the idea was, "If you want to give them AA seniority numbers, make them AA pilots." We fear another regional "taking" our jobs, mainline pilots fear all the regionals taking their jobs. (And with good reason). Doug Parker would have to pay dearly in order to get APA to allow them to hand out APA seniority numbers to college students. I don't think Parker would ever be willing to pay the price APA will want. In the end, giving a seniority number to a pipeline student serves little more than to solidify the process of flow. AA/UAL/DAL had thousands of pilots furloughed with seniority numbers during the Lost Decade.