Thanks, WhiteMo - all makes a great deal of sense, especially your last sentence (everyone thinks about the upside a lot when it comes to regionals, but worst-case has to be considered as well).
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WhiteMorpheus
For now it's mostly just wishful thinking and cockpit banter. I'd give it no more than a 10% chance of happening in the next 3 years. It would be a risky move on the company's part for a variety of reasons.
I don't think any regional pilot group outside the AA WOs can entertain such a discussion with any hope of it becoming reality.
Were that the only way coming to an AA WO made sense, I certainly wouldn't count on it. However, since that would just be icing on the cake, I like our odds.
Among the AA WOs we have a wide variety of bases: ORD, LGA, CLT, PHL, DFW, and DCA plus the PSA outstations in TYS, CVG, and DAY. We (PSA) have a solid, albeit slightly anemic, flow agreement which we expect to improve. And, even though we tend to play catch-up on pay scale, there is a strong possibility that we (all the WOs) will match or beat the Endeavor contract by later this year.
There are far worse places you could find yourself than stuck at an AA WO for your entire career.