Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Agree totally, but just pointing out that there are other sources for that. It does not require a wholly owned. Not if subcontracting to other regionals remains viable. They can get feed from many other regionals and likely WILL if that’s cheaper than doing it in house.
It already is becoming not viable. Flights are canceling at one WO and being shifted to another on an almost daily basis.
Many other regionals? Which ones would those be? Trans States? Compass? Tell us which ones aren’t cancelling flights already too.
Originally Posted by
Excargodog
Very possibly. But there will be no trouble filling seats at mainline - including from the right seats of the LCCs - unless bankruptcy or a concession are contract occurs. AA simply does not need the WOs as a pilot source. Not now, and not likely any time soon. Barring a collapse of all other regional flying they will have more than adequate qualified applications coming into HR.
It’s not about AA needing WO’s as a pilot source. It’s about AA using the job at AA to staff it’s WO’s. Since AA controls who is hired, not the APA, the management can make any flow rate they want to keep the seats filled at the regional….. for now.
while there’s a shortage, and there’s some leverage, it might be a good time to get all the flying back to mainline.