Originally Posted by
1Seat 1Engine
I'm not an AA pilot (but I did sleep in an really nice hotel...). The word I heard from other guys is that AA is trying to hold back growth in order not to have to recall any TWA flight attendents. If they don't recall any TWA attendants by Sept 07 then they can just cut them loose. If they recall even 1 TWA flight attendant before that, they become liable for health care and retirement for the whole lot.
They have something like 150 AA FA's on furlough that get recalled before the TWA list.
I've heard about TWA FA recall rights before. Can anyone discuss this in further detail? (Number of furloughed FAs, Recall rights, estimated cost to the company).
I've found it odd that AMR continues to reduce block hours while other carriers are increasing block hours. I can only imagine that it would be a significant cost item to recall TWA FAs.
Also, have the number of hrs worked/mo increased for AMR FAs?