Originally Posted by
FetaCheese
The most shocking thing about everything that has happened recently is how in a matter of months we at AA went from being the envy of the industry with our LOAs back in April, to the laughing stock of it now.
Other Airlines and their unions are watching as APA blatantly tells 2500 pilots they're not worth saving. They're not important enough. Other airlines are bending over backwards to save their pilots from furlough. Or as many as possible at the least.
APA? Let's throw 2500 (or as many as it takes) pilots on the street rather than risk our senior pilots "only" make $25k a month vs $28k. There needs to be a serious reckoning of APA after all this dust settles.
APA has done this since the beginning of time. Look at the TWA merger.
This is an ugly event. Guys are going to be on the street. It won't be pretty. People will act and vote in their own self interest.
The government cheese is just kicking the can down the road. Outside of getting nationalized like the post office, the outcome is inevitable.