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Wheels up
This goes along with the ruling that the 7300 employed AA pilot floor trigger for the commuter clause of the scope contract is not valid because the arbitrator ruled that furloughed pilots count as "employed" pilots. This ruling means that AA could furlough every single AA pilot yet not trigger the minimum pilot floor for continuing the commuter exception to scope. Also, a stunningly biased finding from a supposed neutral arbitrator.
Stunning, yes, but the consequence of one of the parties ticking off the arbitrator by telling him "We demand an answer NOW!!!"
There is precedence for counting furloughed pilots as employees, but I thought the APA would win the case. Just goes to show that grandstanding can cause more problems than it solves and that patience is, indeed, a virtue.