Originally Posted by RyanP

The group through next year doesn't need big amounts of new hires to flow, so I didn't include it. People after 2007/2008 will need new hires coming in to maintain the larger protected pilot flow #'s.. Then after 10/2011 it goes down to a smaller number of flows every month which is easier to maintain.

I never said they wouldn't need new hires coming in. Endeavor needs new hires, Skywest needs new hires, Mesa needs new hires.. They all do. Or they will all collapse. AA is the Largest airline in the world. Lots of money. Billions of dollars. They have said publicly on camera last month they know the new bonuses now aren't enough to compete with Endeavor. They weren't trying to compete with Endeavor W2's. They were trying to get more in the competitive range with more money+flow.. and if that doesn't work, in time, they will do more and they aren't going to let it fail. You can either believe them or not. I don't care. I doubt they just let their wholly owns fizzle out and die without throwing the money (they know will have to be paid eventually) at them first though. Right now they don't have to pay yet, so they aren't yet.