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B757200ER
Not to mention TWA pilots were 'Fenced' into STL, had JFK/LAX/SFO domiciles closed, and could only fly MD80/757/767, without being allowed to bid 737/A300/777.
BUT don't forget that as long as they stay in their protected STL base, they operate under Supplement CC, which maintains protected Captain and FO slots according to TWA seniority - while AA pilots are seeing stagnation issues in DFW and ORD so that the STL slots maintain protected. So in that case, AA pilots did not benefit whatsoever from the acquisition, and in fact slid backwards. Funny how that never gets mentioned...
The AA/TWA deal was very similar to the Delta/PanAm deal of 1991 - an asset acquisition with employees included. The only reason PanAm pilots did not get furloughed was because there was no 9/11 style disaster. Delta only took SOME Pan Am pilots out of seniority. Why then do we not hear what a screw job that was?
You guys are trying to compare this to a true merger, which it was not.
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