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And while we're at it, maybe someone can answer my question: why didn't the TWA Pilots who were trained to the AA cert (as opposed to being furloughed) not get counted as "new hires?"
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Because the logic is IF there was a position for the pilot then they are not counted as a Letter 3 new hire. None of the four parties that were tied to Letter 3 had the right to arbitrarily block the hiring program through their actions i.e. AA merging a large group of pilots to the seniority lists when there were not enough positions thereby creating a large impediment to Letter 3 mechanisms.