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Saabs
Wth is a protected pilot
Pre-bankruptcy, AE's aircraft were listed as owned by AE. Our contract specified that those aircraft must be owned by AE, and that we would operate them. The company decided to transfer ownership of the aircraft to AA, and ALPA filed a grievance. As part of the grievance settlement, a flow through agreement was established for all pilots on property as of the date of signing (OCT of '11) that didn't already have AA numbers or would be included in the 824 grievance settlement. The agreement refers to them as "protected pilots."