Yeah, the way it worked out for TWA was terrible. But the fault of that does not lie with the APA. It lies with TWA ALPA and Osama Bin Laden, and both of them have an equal share in the blame.
The APA offered something far more fair to the TWA pilots but ALPA rejected it in order to keep their legal options open. Tell me, how did that work out for you?
On the other hand, this deal put more risk on the TWA side of the ledger but they hard far more upside potential than ANY AA pilot got out of the deal and the airline industry not gone into a tailspin almost simultaneously with the signing.
The PILOTS treated the TWA employee's VERY fairly. They would have eventually had access to the whole airline. TWA fenced off OZARK forever from their wide bodies. Made em second class citizens. No Ozark guys were flying 747s when TWA had em.
Everyone will eventually be 777 pilots at AA.
Hopefully the TWA pilots will be back. WHen they come back they will eventually have access to all of AA once BDwhite does.
The flight attendants got stapled and shoved aside with no rights. Pretty raw deal, I agree.
Cheers
Wino