Originally Posted by
Swakid8
AA WO and Operational Necessity are like oil and water.., The two don’t mix…
they used operational necessity language about 20 years ago to give 10 planes to TSA. They claimed operational necessity to let TSA fly the planes because Eagle was in maximum hiring and training mode and couldn’t staff the 10 extra hulls worth of flying. The the arbiter sided with operational necessity, which they ALWAYS will since the primary purpose of the airline is to OPERATE a transportation system. The RLA puts maintaining operations as a very high priority.