Originally Posted by
eaglefly
Well, at AA there still is a pretty good pension (and funded well too). Would the pilots of AA "willingly" give that up for a new 401(k) or some other retirement vehicle just to control scope and regional jets completely ?
My guess is no.
Of course, if emotion gets out of control and AMR flees to the courts, then both a loss of pension AND a whacking of scope could occur. I guess you could say in this scenario they willingly gave up both.
As far as other majors, I haven't heard of a single one interested in one list with their regionals or officially declaring that ALL flying must be returned to them (again whether it was theirs in the first place or not).
Have AA pilots read up on the United "defined benefit plan".
The money in "defined benefit plans" are like ripe fruit waiting to be picked once an airline gets in finance trouble. These days I vote for the "defined contribution plan" in the airline industry.