Good info - thanks ef. Regarding this paragraph:
Originally Posted by
eaglefly
This last group of 250 (or so) start at first year pay and are at the very bottom, so unlike the senior group who got some pay and B-fund credit, many of these pilots might pass on shooting craps at AA, UNLESS things really go downhill at Eagle (which looks more likely every day). I'm told 1200 furloughees out there waiting for that first recall offer and I've heard the 1 for about every 5 calls, so that's about 250 out of the 1200. Personally, I think the recall acceptance rate will increase and result in perhaps 450-500 of these pilots accepting, but that's just a gut guess.
For those furloughed AAers that bypass the first recall offer and instead take the three year holding pattern (that is an option, yes?), if they then return on the second (and final) recall offer, their seniority remains intact, as if they had accepted the first recall offer, right? Basically, no penalty for taking the three year wait-and-see option?
General question: What's the history of the F/T arrangement? How/why did APA ever agree to it? I don't see the benefit to the APA pilots. Sure, a relative handful got to flowback, but not many. The only benefit to AMR I can see is a small savings in application/interview costs, but that can't be much. F/T's still need all the training and other stuff a street hire would need.
There were some good F/T dudes in my class back in 2001. Not trying to be a tool to the F/T crowd, just wondering how this all happened. It was probably explained to me at some point back in 2001 at AA, but that was many lost brain cells ago...