Originally Posted by
ICUROOK
Very telling that chrisreedrules has not gone back on his statement. could it be he let out a company secret he was not supposed to? I mean, I am sure AA doesn't want it out there that they are going to shift mainline flying down to the WOs as a strategy to deal with the impending retirements.
They aren't shifting the flying down to WO s. AA does seem to be reducing headcount by retirements and fleet parking. The 80s are gone and 190 s are going. I have no idea what the plan is going forward as far as replacing that lift. AA is actually fattening up new hire classes beyond the originally projected headcount. I am sure this is to grab as many military people as they can, before they go elsewhere with a good offer.
There has not been any talk whatsoever of scope relaxation. Exactly the opposite is the stance. There may be a shift of regional flying away from non WO to WO.