Herc,

Your posting has the most significance to this thread. Your observations indicate that there are fractures within the pilot group at American Airlines.

Although AA73 may disagree, the APA is not the only union representing the pilots of American Airlines. The AICA union has realized a large influx of TWA pilots as a result of their disgruntlement with the Allied Pilots Union (APA).

Herc, can you or anyone else name any airline that has two pilot unions representing their pilots ??? Yes, there were unions specific to Flight Engineers only back in the day, but that's not the point here.

The APA has masterfully lost sight of the "good of the airline pilot" with it's greed and lust. The sickout ten years ago, the integration with TWA, and some of it's other shenadigans with the Eagle Pilots just shows that mis-mangement isn't limited to airline executives.