This gives the airlines the space to develop their post 9/30 plan A/B/C.
Minimum plan A is RIF w/substantial temp capacity cuts.
Plan B is the same but permanent.
Plan C is reorg through bankruptcy.
GlennQ;
If you're an AA employee I understand your post. With that said AA has piped it's employees with the help of the Union here for a very long time.
So looking at this situation AA is in we automatically think here we go again. Seems as though every 10 yrs something happens to derail our lives.
AA has hired a number of mechanics in the last several years, AA has also transferred most back to the stations they were laid off from. Exhausted the upgrade list to some stations as well.
"YES" this virus thing has thrown a kink into it all but from a Business stand point it makes NO Sense to have any reduction of force in Maintenance. I say maintenance since that is the dept. I work in. Bringing in mechanics to Tulsa and other stations from all around the US and then cutting them would hurt the plans of AA going forward. AA wants to get the older mechanics to take a package of some type. Cutting the highly paid guys with lots of vacation and keeping the new guys with almost nothing.
If they cut the new guys and the older mechanics leave AA will not have the mechanics to fully get up and running once this medical issue has passed.
With 911 they took 17% of what we had and then when they turned things around, AA did not give it back. We now just got that back after 17 years & 4+ yrs of negotiations. That is why the T/A passed by the numbers it did. The TWU did not put a snap back clause to protect us. Do you think they will allow the company to cut the $$$ and benefits again and have us wait again till the next contract to get it back and then start the negotiations from the lower rates.
The Association has to know that we the AMFA Organizers are hard at work getting cards signed to get rid of this Association. What do you think the membership would do if they (The Association) allowed AA to do that to us AGAIN. How much money in Total DUES would be lost if we voted them OUT?
AA will be scrambling to find mechanics "YES" I know that there will be lots of guys if all the airlines cut but how many would come back to AA
after they have seen or heard about the way the Association and AA treats it's employees and members?
We the employees have talked in the breakrooms about how AA might/will file for BK again. How DP is the king of BK. Times have changed and the US government IMHO will not let the 3 big flag carrier airlines fail. Just think of the economic backlash. With the acception of this virus situation we the mechanics are in the best place we have ever been in my 40 years in the industry.