I remember having the One List discussion at AE around 2000. APA: “NOPE!” Of course it came back up in ‘01-‘02. APA: “YES!” BUT, I had it explained to me that it would “obviously” be a staple and all mainline furloughees would essentially push the entire AE seniority list to the street...BUT this was a good thing because when the recalls started, all former AE pilots would be returning to AA. *HOWEVER* (and this was my favorite part), once everyone was recalled AA would still be able to hire off the street pilots that would be SENIOR to the former AE pilots because “How is it fair to have a fella do a career in the military and then come to American Airlines, and have no option but to fly in the right seat of a SAAB340?”. So THAT “proposal” was obviously put in the trash and the whip-saw continued. I still laugh when I think about the cahones of the guy explaining it to me.