Originally Posted by
AirBear
The 50 seat RJ's are going away, there's just not enough pilots to fly them. I suspect Piedmont will be folded into the other Wholly Owned Airlines at AA and the pilots offered jobs at those, unless Piedmont has strong enough Scope language in their contract to require a merger of seniority lists. Alternately some 70+ seat jets could be assigned to Piedmont and replace the 50 seaters but that's a lot of training events.
My crystal ball says all 3 WO subsidiaries of AA will merge into 1. Most of the 50 seaters will be parked. Flying will be upgauged. 50–>76, 76–>mainline narrow body. All with less frequency or with milk can runs with the pre-RJ model.
Alternatively, to keep attrition to manageable levels, they may also staple the WO pilots to the main line seniority list. Pay for 76 will be existing Group I rates, less that mainline narrow body Group II rates. Cannot say what 50 seat rates will be, Group I or something somewhat less. This will fix the RJ Captain shortfall. Mainline narrow body FO will be willing to fly as a 76 CA for a couple of years, with a slightly higher rate than Group II FO.