Originally Posted by
TBirdie
Rumor- just a rumor- from an AA captain. Don't be shocked if they take away the flow. AA is struggling with the pilot shortage, but I guess some of the flow pilots have had a hard time transitioning. I don't know why and he didn't know why, but that's just what he said. ONLY A RUMOR.
And that is exactly what it is...only a rumor. And a ludicrous one at that. If AA was having such a problem with the pilot shortage that they felt the need to violate a huge provision of the contract, they would first start to run new hire classes larger than 60ish pilots a month.