Originally Posted by
1stCivDivPilot
I can't fault the contract vote. It took PSA from 400 to 1200 pilots in a few years. The market has changed. We're big enough to cause AA to question shutting us down. I'm not saying they won't but it would cause some questions for their WO dream machine. Time to exercise some leverage before another economic turn or world crisis.
Granted AA is suffering from an image problem (****ty service, bitter employees, no profit sharing for their pilot group, messy messy mergers, slave driving regionals) and is having issues staffing them as a result, but Why would AA want to shut its WOs down? They generate $$$$. They're providing lift cheaper than doing it as mainline flying and with cheaper pilot groups than at their contract regionals...