Originally Posted by
MantisToboggan
But the whole argument you are making hinges on AA hurting for pilots. They are far from hurting to fill classes and could probably care less that their regionals are losing guys. I believe the only time they will bat an eye at that is if their regionals cancel flying due to staffing. If the regional metal moves, then the rest doesn't matter
What he said.
There is a practically endless supply of OTS, that AA meters with the flow. Not enough flow, and the carrot isn’t real and you won’t be able to staff WO. Too many flows and the the WO bleed dry.
The unions have about as much “negotiating power” with pay than they do with flow. AA runs it all, and the market is what they make decisions off of. The only way we get more flow or pay, is if non-WO gets more and AA needs the WO to remain competitive.
The flow isn’t there to help staff AA. It is there to allow the WO to get away with lower pay and QOL (which squeezes more pay out of the same folks) than other competing regionals.