Yeah, American is still in negotiations and will be for the foreseeable future.
But this furlough is not just due the recent fourth quarter loss, but possibly in response to an American Eagle arbitration judgment.
Recently an arbitrator decided that when American recalled furloughed TWA pilots (in 2007), that American Eagle pilots with AA seniority numbers should have been moved up first. His justification? TWA pilots who had been furloughed before attending American integration training were "new-hires" and therefore triggered American Eagle flow-ups to American. Never mind that the TWA pilots in question had started employment with TWA in 1988.
The announced furlough will re-furlough TWA pilots up to the AA staple point - April 1989 hires - of which I am included.
My tale of woe: Hired by TWA 1989, MD80 Captain in 2000, TWA bought by American in 2001, furloughed 2003, recalled 2008 and possibly re-furloughed 2010.
