Originally Posted by
THKooj
Fortunately, you're wrong. This time, the flow is contractual. It's not going to stop.
Who said anything about the flow stopping?
the 240 pilots went under a grievance award (I can’t remember what it was for). The 824 went under a grievance settlement. I think some of them had flow agreements when they were hired, but they went about 8-12 years after they were promised to go. The Protected Pilots didn’t have any sort of flow agreement when they were hired and got one, again, through a grievance settlement. The L10-11 didn’t have flow either when they got hired. I can’t remember where their flow came from, either divestiture, bankruptcy, or a settlement.
That’s everyone who has gone since about 2003 when AA stopped hiring.
My point wasn’t that the flow is bad, or useless. My point is that some spreadsheet showing you’ll flow in 5 years is useless. The agreements are bound to change in that period of time. Maybe for the better, maybe not. Just don’t plan your life (or your finances), based on when that spreadsheet says you’re supposed to go.
Also, screaming “ITS CONTRACTUAL” is childish. The company has forced us to change the contract both in bankruptcy, and out of it. They’ve also violated the contract on numerous occasions. Hence all the grievance settlements.