Originally Posted by
CANAM
What house? There is no house. AA and AE are very different houses. Maybe in the same subdivsion, but nowhere near eachother. One has 1800 guys on the street (many for almost 9 years now) and the other just got 20 new 70-seat aircraft with a first class section to be staffed with mostly newbies (after the 70 furloughees get back).
I understand that the AE MEC is upset with CHQ, but the real story is how more mainline jobs have just vanished.
From an AA perspective w/o the TWA acquisition those numbers would be a lot lower. The APA got basically furlough protection with the merger with TWA with the basic staple of 1989 hirees. Carty's mistake of a merger shouldn't be put on Eagles shoulder. If you are an AA pilot not from TWA, you of all people, should not be complaining about furloughs for 9 years with the shaft the TWA folks got (especially their flight attendants).
450 of those on the street also got the left seat at Eagle while retaining longevity for pay purposes. For some TWA pilots that amounted to a six figure unemployment check.
If the APA is too stubborn to accept Eagle as a partner in coordinating versus AMR, do you honestly believe you would have fared better with RAH/Mesa/Insert Regional doing the majority of the feed?
The "new" aircraft you speak of is once again a net decrease in overall aircraft for Eagle. AA's 737 order and no announcement of what to do with the MD80's is a potential growth for AA as of this moment (I realize this can change in a heartbeat). APA should be working with EGL ALPA and vice versa. If on or the other is too stubborn, etc. that's too bad.