Originally Posted by
dera
It's in 18-01.
"lesser of"
and
"times the number of calendar months in that calendar year in which American actually hired pilots."
If one month Envoy sends 0, they are still restricted by the 25% at the end of the year, or 20 ish/month based on the pilot group size.
So if AA does not hire from January to May, but then hires for 6 months until the end of the year, Envoy has to flow around 120 pilots that year. 0 until May, 20 until December. Lesser of then is the 20 a month, times the number of months AA hired, 6 = 120 that year.
Extreme example to clarify this. If AA hires for one month, Envoy will send 20 pilots that year.
Oh cool, we are starting to get somewhere.
Let's do a read along together.
18-01 says "5. With respect to the provisions concerning “Pilots Hired After DOS” in Letter 15-01 (Page 7), Envoy and the Association hereby confirm that the accurate interpretation and application of those provisions is as follows:
...
• If American is entering new hire pilots into training in a given calendar year, Envoy will release Envoy pilots, to permit them to participate in American new-hire training classes, in
an amount that is the lesser of (a) twenty-five percent (25%) of all new pilot positions at American that are filled in the relevant calendar year; or (b) five (5) new pilot positions at American (increased by one for every 125 pilots above the base number of 480 on the Envoy pilot seniority list)
times the number of calendar months in that calendar year in which American actually hired pilots."
In other words, it's good that you actually read it, but the language in there doesn't say what you say it does.
Say AA hires 300 in the first six months of a year then another 600 in the last 6 months of a year minus December.
You say 12x6 + 20x5 = 172, right?
I say the lesser of 900x0.25 = 225 or 20x11=220 - which would be 220 in this case.
As a friendly reminder, you still owe me a beer from the last exercise in document digging.