Originally Posted by
ChickenFlight
If you file the grievance and it goes to the Arbitrator level, the company may be forced to actually disclose the reason for the furloughs, which is clearly NOT staffing related. For fear of exposing themselves to further legal action I have a feeling this grievance has a chance of forcing the company to actually staff the airline properly (recalls)
and just how long have you been watching what AMR does, or doesn't do?
The entire salary for 70 FO's is about 1,680,000 for the year. They spend 30,000,000 just on their lawyers. Do you really think the furlough ever had anything to do with saving money due to overstaffing? It will cost twice that in training cycles alone; if not three times when they are recalled.
As for exposing themselves to legal action, either from the union, or a group of employees; they welcome it. It keeps the Riff-Raff busy.