Anyone with access should watch the videos posted on Jetnet, My.Envoy or whatever at the Charlotte town Hall with Parker.

They made it clear in the videos that if the bonus amounts weren't enough to get it done with new hires they would come up with something better. Parker said they will not let the airline suffer because they can't get enough pilots, and they aren't changing the flow numbers. They think the new bonus plan will help, just has been a couple weeks, not long enough to see if it has worked yet. If it's not working, then they will continue to adjust to get more pilots.

They said they weren't going for industry leading W2's like Endeavor at this time. They are well aware of everything everyone else is offering. The new bonus implemented was just to get us more into the "competitive range", and they feel like this plus a job at AA still has much more value than a higher bonus somewhere else, when you take into account lifetime earnings potential at AA.

The plan is still to grow the 3 WO's now that the contracts are competitive because it keeps all of the profits in house. They claim they are going to do what they have to do to get it done.

(their words, not mine).