Originally Posted by
AAL24
Assuming the Cares act is extended we should figure out a way to get these LOAs tossed prior March 2021. In the event of a merger an arbitrator is going to treat a pilot who chooses a ZTL instead of furlough as basically not bringing a job to the merger. The company is now incentivized to furlough or ZTL all 2500 junior pilots. There is no downside for the company. Our likely merger partner just got furlough protection. Looks like the bottom 2500 on a combined list will be AA pilots. Thanks BOD
anytime you have more butts than seats the bottom people (even if they have seats at the time - if people senior took furloughs over them) it’s not gonna be good in a merger.