Originally Posted by TrinityDawn

Absolutely.







PSA and PDT are sending, what, 3-5 pilots to AA every month? That's easy to absorb in both hiring and training. 25-30 from envoy? That's more difficult, but clearly not impossible to deal with. The potential problem that many of us see isn't stopping the flow per se, it's reducing the post-824 flow below required levels and telling the union to "fly it and grieve it" (go pound sand) when staffing remains critical as it is now. That would be on par with how the company is treating the rest of our contract.







I wish I didn't HAVE to be worried, but being outside of the 824, I am. Your post makes rational and logical sense, but I've seen enough irrational and illogical behavior by this company to convince me that common sense doesn't always win here. It was not rational to drive off 600+ pilots in bankruptcy that we were going to need over Doug Parker's need to stroke his ego about being in control. It's not logical to risk violating two federal laws in firing a union volunteer unless you're narcissistic enough to think you can get away with it. It's unethical to fire all the former American Eagle ground personnel at the outstations, replace them with Piedmont, and offer to hire them back at first year wages. When the bean counters trump logic, reason, and ethics, facts are less important in speculating the future than past behavior. Only time will tell.