All the more reason to keep those darn TWA-ers off the property, some hired as early as 1988 and are junior to 2001 hires at American.

It was a fantastic win for AMR management to have these disgruntled TWA-ers (high priced labor) to be furloughed as oppossed to the relatively newhires which were on second and third year pay.

Just to be clear, those TWA-ers have not accumulated any pay longevity during their 4-6 year furlough vacation. However, as part of the AA-TWA merger, one of the concessions Don Carty gave to APA MEC John Darrah to cooperate with the merger was the restoration of years of service for the NAAtives that were furloughed during the 90's so in essence they accumulated years of service longetivity during their furlough.

Thank goodness for AMR's management that the pilot union, the APA, hasn't suggested the same benefit of longetivity resotoration for those darn TWA-er's which would put over 50% of those returning red-tails to return from furlough at the top of the pay scales. Can you imagine how much it would cost AMR, if the APA would help those TWA pilot troublemakers to have a better career in the form of more money in their pocket after they return from furlough.

I sigh a sigh of relief to know that the APA would rather save the company millions then negotiatate a credit of years of service for those undeserving k-mart pilots who have been furloughed for 4-6 years.

I know exactly what Gerard Arpey will do with the millions in savings. His golf buddies haven't received bonuses in months :-(

The original question was what percentage are bypassing recall. According to the Joe King model as of Aug 30:

Total: 334 of 948 = 35.2% ( MLOA/MDS: 157 = 16.6%). So as of Aug 30, only 334 have been recalled. Anyone have other stats.

FF