Question on American Recalling Pilots
01-07-2007 | 08:53 AM
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Question on American Recalling Pilots
I spoke with an American captain the other day. He told me he had heard it took 80-90 phone calls to get 10 people to come back. I figured many people would want to move on with their lives and wouldn't return. I have no reason to doubt the person I spoke to about it, but am simply curious.
So, you people with the experience to know- does that sound like a reasonable ratio given the time American has had these pilots on furlough?
So, you people with the experience to know- does that sound like a reasonable ratio given the time American has had these pilots on furlough?
01-07-2007 | 10:30 AM
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Of those 80-90, over 60 were Furlough-In-Stead. When AA furloughed it offered people with higher seniority to take a furlough and let a junior guy stay on the property. Presumably the folks who took a voluntary furlough out of seniority have something better going on and are in no hurry to get back to AMR.
The next classes should have a lot of the Eagle flowbacks, and I don't think ANY of them will bypass!
The next classes should have a lot of the Eagle flowbacks, and I don't think ANY of them will bypass!
01-07-2007 | 10:39 AM
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I spoke with an American captain the other day. He told me he had heard it took 80-90 phone calls to get 10 people to come back. I figured many people would want to move on with their lives and wouldn't return. I have no reason to doubt the person I spoke to about it, but am simply curious.
So, you people with the experience to know- does that sound like a reasonable ratio given the time American has had these pilots on furlough?
So, you people with the experience to know- does that sound like a reasonable ratio given the time American has had these pilots on furlough?
01-10-2007 | 06:17 PM
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Heard that and also that they've called 130 so far with 5 accepts for March (3 flowbacks). So 25ish of 130ish have accepted so far I guess. That's about 1 in 5 or if you discount the top 60 (?) voluntary in-steads it's about 1 in 3.
01-10-2007 | 06:31 PM
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BCDurbin:
Just to set the record straight, NWA is NOT recalling any mainline pilots to Compass. NWA should be through their entire list of furloughees by February or March. NWA furloughees have the option to accept a position at Compass if they CHOOSE to. They are not forced to go to Compass.
Just to set the record straight, NWA is NOT recalling any mainline pilots to Compass. NWA should be through their entire list of furloughees by February or March. NWA furloughees have the option to accept a position at Compass if they CHOOSE to. They are not forced to go to Compass.
01-10-2007 | 07:46 PM
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However, I do think we'll be hiring by 2009 or 2010.
01-10-2007 | 08:24 PM
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