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APA proposal
The APA proposal:
APA INFORMATION HOTLINE
This is Gregg Overman, APA Director of Communications, with the
APA Information Hotline for Thursday, January 17.
The following is the text of a news release that APA issued this
afternoon:
The Allied Pilots Association (APA), which serves as collective
bargaining agent for the 11,000 pilots of American Airlines,
today presented a proposal to American Airlines that is designed
to address management's stated need to preserve commuter feed to
American Airlines and keep the carrier's recovery going strong.
"This proposal addresses the needs of all parties," stated
Captain John Darrah, APA President. "While AMR Corporation has
stated that they will have to furlough American Eagle employees
if APA does not agree to their demands, our proposal will
preserve American Airlines, TWA LLC, and American Eagle jobs
while enabling American Airlines to continue its recovery."
According to Darrah, APA's proposal consists of a phased approach
that would return all flying to American Airlines, thereby
removing the primary job-security issue in the minds of American
Airlines' pilots: the outsourcing of American Airlines' flying.
Phase One consists of all 70-seat Regional Jets being flown by
American Airlines pilots.
This would prevent American Eagle from reaching the contractual
cap on Regional Jets. This step would also reduce the likelihood
that management will trigger the available-seat-mile (ASM) and
block-hour limits in effect on American Eagle's operations while
any American Airlines pilots are on furlough.
"Recalling American Airlines and TWA LLC pilots to fly these
70-seat Regional Jets will hasten the removal of this cap on
American Eagle," said Darrah.
Phase Two calls for AMR Corporation to exchange their 44-seat
Regional Jet orders for 50-seat Regional Jets and have them
delivered to and flown by American Airlines. Once all American
Airlines and TWA LLC pilots are recalled, American Eagle pilots
would rapidly flow-through to these new American Airlines jobs.
Phase Three would consist of the transfer of all other flying to
American Airlines, with the remaining American Eagle pilots also
transferring to the mainline carrier to perform the flying.
"To permit AMR Corporation to grow American Eagle at the expense
of American Airlines so AMR can feed Delta Airlines in California
and build an Eagle hub in Raleigh-Durham would result in further
outsourcing of our flying. That would be a huge disservice to
our pilots, particularly when 595 of them are currently
furloughed," he said. "If CEO Don Carty truly intends for
American Airlines to be the world's premier airline, he should
join the Allied Pilots Association in an effort to resolve the
commuter feed issue once and for all."
That is the complete text of the news release. We will update
this hotline as events warrant. Thanks for calling.
The APA proposal:
APA INFORMATION HOTLINE
This is Gregg Overman, APA Director of Communications, with the
APA Information Hotline for Thursday, January 17.
The following is the text of a news release that APA issued this
afternoon:
The Allied Pilots Association (APA), which serves as collective
bargaining agent for the 11,000 pilots of American Airlines,
today presented a proposal to American Airlines that is designed
to address management's stated need to preserve commuter feed to
American Airlines and keep the carrier's recovery going strong.
"This proposal addresses the needs of all parties," stated
Captain John Darrah, APA President. "While AMR Corporation has
stated that they will have to furlough American Eagle employees
if APA does not agree to their demands, our proposal will
preserve American Airlines, TWA LLC, and American Eagle jobs
while enabling American Airlines to continue its recovery."
According to Darrah, APA's proposal consists of a phased approach
that would return all flying to American Airlines, thereby
removing the primary job-security issue in the minds of American
Airlines' pilots: the outsourcing of American Airlines' flying.
Phase One consists of all 70-seat Regional Jets being flown by
American Airlines pilots.
This would prevent American Eagle from reaching the contractual
cap on Regional Jets. This step would also reduce the likelihood
that management will trigger the available-seat-mile (ASM) and
block-hour limits in effect on American Eagle's operations while
any American Airlines pilots are on furlough.
"Recalling American Airlines and TWA LLC pilots to fly these
70-seat Regional Jets will hasten the removal of this cap on
American Eagle," said Darrah.
Phase Two calls for AMR Corporation to exchange their 44-seat
Regional Jet orders for 50-seat Regional Jets and have them
delivered to and flown by American Airlines. Once all American
Airlines and TWA LLC pilots are recalled, American Eagle pilots
would rapidly flow-through to these new American Airlines jobs.
Phase Three would consist of the transfer of all other flying to
American Airlines, with the remaining American Eagle pilots also
transferring to the mainline carrier to perform the flying.
"To permit AMR Corporation to grow American Eagle at the expense
of American Airlines so AMR can feed Delta Airlines in California
and build an Eagle hub in Raleigh-Durham would result in further
outsourcing of our flying. That would be a huge disservice to
our pilots, particularly when 595 of them are currently
furloughed," he said. "If CEO Don Carty truly intends for
American Airlines to be the world's premier airline, he should
join the Allied Pilots Association in an effort to resolve the
commuter feed issue once and for all."
That is the complete text of the news release. We will update
this hotline as events warrant. Thanks for calling.
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fingers are crossed
I talked to a girl I know at eagle who talked to some people at the school house. She said that there will be another 60 recalls in Feb, and that the hiring department is getting ready to fire up in April. Hope this all pans out. I'm proabably about 250 down the list, so maybe I'll be back by summer?
I talked to a girl I know at eagle who talked to some people at the school house. She said that there will be another 60 recalls in Feb, and that the hiring department is getting ready to fire up in April. Hope this all pans out. I'm proabably about 250 down the list, so maybe I'll be back by summer?
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Right On!
Another 60 in Feb? Geeez, that's a lot faster than I would have figured! I was thinkin' about 30 per month. Hope all the issues get ironed out- and fast. Hate to get the boot again!
Glad we are young- so we can get this out of the way now, early in our careers, and hopefully have enough seniority to keep flying when the next round comes to the industry.
Another 60 in Feb? Geeez, that's a lot faster than I would have figured! I was thinkin' about 30 per month. Hope all the issues get ironed out- and fast. Hate to get the boot again!
Glad we are young- so we can get this out of the way now, early in our careers, and hopefully have enough seniority to keep flying when the next round comes to the industry.
dispatchguy said:
How many approached have you flown into Dominica, Beef Island or Anguilla with your desk? I take it your desk qualifies you to publicly evaluate the potential skills of pilots you've never flown with into places that you've never flown.
regards,
-APA pilot who apparrantly is no longer qualified to fly VMC approaches in the Carribean.
dispatchguy
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And where did I mention anything concerning qualifications?
However, allow me to reiterate, it'll never happen. As a dispatcher, I'd love to make AA rates (and still keep what I think is our superior work schedule than their 6-3 6-something rotating shift schedule), but, merging AA and AE will never happen.
I could see a spin-off of AE faster than I'll ever believe that AA and AE would ever merge.
In any event, to the recalled, welcome back!
However, allow me to reiterate, it'll never happen. As a dispatcher, I'd love to make AA rates (and still keep what I think is our superior work schedule than their 6-3 6-something rotating shift schedule), but, merging AA and AE will never happen.
I could see a spin-off of AE faster than I'll ever believe that AA and AE would ever merge.
In any event, to the recalled, welcome back!
dispatchguy said:
Perhaps I misinterpreted your quote...it appeared the inference was that flying into these places required a degree of skill not possesed by a mainline pilot.
In regards to a spinoff of Eagle: that will not change the ASM limits in the APA contract. In other words, spinning off Eagle will not meet AMR's needs right now. APA is propsing a solution that will meet AMR's current needs regarding RJ's and will adhere to the contract. Some aspects of the solution make it easier on both parties to conduct business. AMR will have much more flexibility with it's RJ fleet and APA can reduce the amount of effort dedicated to enforcing its contract.
I too doubt that we'd ever see all three phases of APA's proposal accepted resulting in a complete integration of Eagle. However, some permutation of the proposal coming to fruition would not be surprising.
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