Originally Posted by
nimslow
Nothing preventing them, except for the way things work around here is they probably wouldn't be allowed to go back, or their application would end up in the trash.
If you expect the check airman to do the heavy lifting, best show some solidarity. No one bid a higher paying status for a year, and no straight time pickup might make a statement.
Maybe you're new to the airlines and don't understand how the RLA works and what a union can and cannot say. Nobody bidding a higher status and no straight time pickup is an unrealistic utopian idea, so I don't even know why you're even mentioning it unless you're that clueless to reality.
APA highlighted the poor pay and working conditions of being a LCA for a reason. Nobody is advocating current LCA to quit (job action) but rather think twice about taking the position that management is desperate to fill. You can't run an airline without check airmen and yet you cannot force anyone to be one either. We all respect our great check airmen at American as it has consistently been a point of pride among us. That being said, I sure as hell wouldn't want to be known as someone who was hired as a LCA in late 2021/2022 though that's for damn sure!
There's 14,000 pilots at this company so I'm sure they will find a few forward leaners to take the position and justify it with whatever excuse floats their boat.