Originally Posted by
rickair7777
That's exactly what AA is trying to AVOID by doing this. Retain/recruit people now, but keep the flexibility to revert compensation back to regional norms later on, when the shortage ends (and it WILL end eventually, one way or another, make no mistake on that). Will it work? Don't know, but it will help.
Yeah I learned long ago that just because you are owned by AA, they have no desire to make you one of them. Everyone from AA management on down to the pilot group will do whatever it takes to keep from combining the lists.