MORE ON THE RUMOUR FRONT -
Supposedly, AMR found some loopholes in the contrtacts of active pilots and canned them arbitrarily. As nearly as I can tell, they are former Ozark types being haunted by some fine print.
I'm awaiting details, but it appears that the reports are correct.
The following E-mail was forwarded to me:
"Dear Editor,
Yes it's absolutely true. Don Carty was made aware of the situation by Capt Bob Pastore-our ALPA MEC Chairman- at the closing ceremonies. One of our pilots was met at the gate as he taxied in, ordered to surrender his i.d. card, and escorted off the property. He was Capt Micharl Horan, an instructor pilot on the DC-9 at St.Louis. Another got his letter upon returning from a vacation in Aruba. That was Capt. David Mangold, formerly of Ozark Airlines. The others are 767 F/O Christopher LaVelle, 727 F/E Susan Smith, and MD80 F/O Christopher Bunsey.
You can confirm the facts and get phone numbers from XXX - e-mail XXX Capt XXX is setting up a fund for the five, since they are off the payroll during their appeal. Thanks for any help that you can give. All of these people were given no notice, and no chance to give explanations. Indeed, TWA management was not even given information for the rationale of their termination. I believe that there are an additional 63 other TWA employees who have been removed from employment from TWA LLC."
The earlier addressed 'retirees' reported as losing their travel benefits supposedly carried ID cards, specifying them as "RETIREE." Despite the language nit-picking by AMR on the 'early-out' status, I think the intent of TWA and the affected people is quite clear.
In any case, it appears that something is badly wrong.
As soon as I get more, I'll post it. The central source of this information is unavailable for a few days.
"Dallas Dude," do you have anything on this???