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EXTW
How would you explain all this to one of the 386 AA hires at the bottom of the AA seniority list that had a contract with AA stating that the flowthroughs would only come to AA when new-hire classes are being conducted?
III. Employment Opportunities at AA for AMR Eagle, Inc. Pilots
A. At least one (1) out of every two (2) new hire positions per new hire class at AA
will be offered to CJ Captains who are line pilots and who have completed their
IOE at AMR Eagle, Inc. Such positions will be offered to the CJ Captains who
are line pilots in order of their AMR Eagle, Inc. seniority.
Here you go. FT's should have had recall rights. This is why Sovich testified that a recall would be in seniority order. The whole TWA merger mess was decided by an arbitrator because Letter 3 was silent on what happens in a merger. After APA reneged on their position and challenged the whole recall process it ended up as another arbitration. That arbitrator ruled against FT's but by doing so created the next arbitration because of the inequities created by his decision. Although had FT's recalled in seniority order, we probably would've still had a grievance under the lack of numbers generated for flowbacks that were added under a merger which Letter 3 didn't address.
J. A CJ Captain who accepts a recall to AA may be withheld from such
vacancy, provided the pilot is paid the greater of the rate of pay for the CJ
Captain flying being performed at the applicable AMR Eagle, Inc. pay
rates, or the highest equipment rate of pay for the AA bid status from
which withheld up to the applicable AA monthly maximum. Such
withholding will be limited to a maximum of six (6) months.