Actually, MANY are willing to do just that...........even some that post here !

I'm just agreeing with what they claim to want. These pilots don't want any more RJ's at their company and agree that all flying should be done by mainline as the APA demands. In their wisdom, borne of several months or a year or two as RJ F/O's and bolstered by discussions at the dinner table with mom and dad (they still live with their parents), they somehow fail to realize that moving all flying to mainline WILL come with some sacrifices, at least at AMR.

That means the need for FAR less of the pilots who currently fly those RJ's as many would indeed be parked (some immeadiately and the rest gradually). Since this IS a seniority based business, it would only be reasonable to see that those at the bottom half would be odd men out. I've heard from many here how they'd be willing to sacrifice their low-wage RJ F/O position for the opportunity to get a mainline pilot job, but unless their fantasy somehow included that they'd be AUTOMATICALLY hired along with only those planes that DO make the transition, they didn't think things thru.

AMR will not just move ALL those planes over to AA. Since they won't be doing that, how can all those pilots expect to have seats there when the music stops here ?

Remember, in the hypothetical case that AA did take all our flying and even some of our planes, AA pilots are still out on the street and THEY would be brought back to do flying before any of the bottom kids here would be..........and SHOULD, after all it will be THEIR airline and seniority list then. It would be MANY, MANY years before most of them had an opportunity to reclaim a postion on the bottom of the "new" AA pilot list reflying a larger RJ even if they were promised future employment.

Oh, I get it...............they think that AA will just take all our planes and our pilots, find a bunch of money to grow the airline by adding 200 new 100-seaters, boost pay for all, recall all furloughees and everyone will go into the sunshine holding hands and thinking what a wonderful life it is now.

Well, in that case, perhaps it's time to ask mom to pass the green beans and turn up the volume on the TV because Leave it to Beaver is coming on and since we're in fantasy land where everything always works the way we want it and there is never any down side to our desires, we might as well enjoy it while we can....................oh and pass the butter, please.

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