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A professional work environment
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The AEPA has been informed by a senior American Eagle pilot that offensive graffiti relating to "flow-through" pilots has appeared in the elevator that services the pilot's crew lounge at DFW. Additionally, the AEPA has been advised that the word "scab" has been used to describe senior American Eagle pilots who have chosen to exercise their Letter 3 rights.
The above is unacceptable behavior, constitutes harassment and creates a hostile work environment.
The AEPA recommends that any pilot who has what he/she believes to be a hostile encounter in the cockpit over this issue do the following:
1. For the safety of the flight, if you are a Captain, defer the operation until a replacement First Officer can be provided, or if you are a First Officer, remove yourself from the flight.
2. File an ASAP report detailing your belief that the absolute safety of the flight cannot be assured with a compromised cockpit/flight crew dynamic
3. Notify ALPA Professional Standards
4. Consider contacting the FAA at 1-866-TELL-FAA (1-866-835-5322)
Any pilot observing offensive graffiti or inappropriate material defacing company or airport property, please photograph, document and forward it to the AEPA.
administrator@aepa.org
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Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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Think about this!
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ALPA, AMR management, and the APA have tried every trick in the book to prevent American Eagle Flow -Through pilots from transferring to AA.
A very simple way for ALPA, AMR management, and the APA to achieve their goal of preventing Flow-Through pilots from transferring to AA would be to produce a document that proves to the American Eagle Flow-Through pilots that it would be financially harmful to transfer to AA but it would be financially beneficial to remain at Eagle.
Why have ALPA, AMR management, and the APA not produced such a document?
ALPA is even trying to spread the rumor that the majority of Flow-Through pilots do not want to transfer to AA anymore.
If the above is true, why has ALPA not conducted a "Bid" to ascertain how many Flow-Through pilots still wish to exercise their Letter 3 contractual right to transfer to AA?
ALPA, AMR management, and the APA are scheduled to meet with Arbitrator Nicolau this month and ALPA, the union that is supposed to represent the American Eagle Flow-Through pilots, by its own admission, does not know how many pilots still wish to transfer to AA.
Does the above signify a union that vigorously and aggressively represents its dues paying members?
ALPA worked harder to get the TWA Flow-Back pilots to American Eagle than it has ever worked to get the Flow-Through pilots to AA.
ALPA consented to negate and/or void the seniority rights of the Eagle pilots by agreeing to the demands of management and the APA to allow the TWA LLC new hire pilots to attend class at AA before the more senior American Eagle Flow-Through pilots, in contradiction of the ruling by Arbitrator LaRocco.
Think about it, and ask yourself why?
The answer is simple!
ALPA does not want "regional pilots" polluting the flying ranks of the major airlines.
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Posted on Monday, February 08, 2010
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Prevarication or just another lie
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The ALPA/management Longevity Initiative
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Posted on Friday, February 05, 2010
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APA/ALPA Press Release
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Below is a press release from the APA and alpa from October 23, 2007. All Eagle flow through pilots need to pay attention to the second paragraph. After two (2) arbitrations in favor of the Eagle flow through pilots, not a single Eagle pilot has transferred to AA. There can be no doubt that alpa is still working with the APA and AA management to keep Eagle pilots from transferring to AA until all the TWA pilots have been recalled to AA.
On May 28, 2007 Arbitrator LaRocco ruled that the TWA pilots, who were furloughed directly from TWA LLC, were new hire pilots when and if they reported to class at AA. Nine days later, June 6, 2007 AA placed TWA LLC new hire pilots in class and excluded Eagle flow through pilots in violation of Letter 3 and in defiance of Arbitrator LaRocco's ruling of nine days earlier. alpa never demanded then, and has never demanded since, that Eagle flow through should have attended that new hire class and subsequent AA new hire classes.
The answer is simple; alpa still has no intention of enforcing the rights of the Eagle flow through pilots under Letter 3.
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Posted on Monday, January 11, 2010
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alpa official rhetoric
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Attached below is a copy of Setting the Record Straight authored by alpa and management spinmeister, Val Jester.
Note the date - Wednesday, April 16, 2008 and then read the document.
The Jester claims in the 2nd paragraph that "alpa has argued consistently, forcefully, and unequivocally that the number-holders have meaningful and enforceable rights".
Really! Twenty (20) months after the above grandstanding by alpa's jester not a single American Eagle pilot has transferred to AA. Which is it, alpa is consistently useless and could not force a bowel movement or alpa is full of bullshit?
Review the 4th paragraph; the alpa jester says "alpa continues to aggressively represent the number-holding pilots in Letter 3 arbitrations".
Really! Even after four (4) arbitrations in favor of the American Eagle pilots and even though alpa attorney Klocke told the Arbitrator that alpa was not requesting the transfer of "flow-through" pilots to AA, and even after the last Arbitrator(Nicolau) ruled that "flow-through" pilots should have transferred to AA in June 2007, not a single American Eagle pilot has transferred to AA.
Read the last paragraph from the alpa jester: "We ask you to carefully consider the credibility and motives of the Letter 3 Coalition in light of the true facts before contributing $100"
Really! consider the credibility and motives says the alpa spinmeister. How about considering the credibility and motives of alpa now that you know the facts?
Four (4) arbitrations in favor of the "flow-through" pilots and not a single AE pilot has been transferred to AA even after 500+ furloughed AA pilots spent their furlough days at AE earning 18 year captain pay and alpa wants you to believe that it is "consistently, forcefully, unequivocally and aggressively representing the AA number holders.
Not a single "flow-through" pilot has transferred to AA.
What is the alpa response to this situation?
A "special MEC meeting" has been called for January 19, 2010.
Wonderful, how joyous. A special meeting that you will not be able to attend because it will be conducted in executive session. As a alpa member, read "executive session" to be a "secret meeting". A secret meeting, that you are not invited to attend, will be held so that alpa, the great pilot union, can discuss how it will explain to the American Eagle pilots that, in spite of the Arbitrator's Ruling that "flow-through" pilots should have transferred to AA more than two (2) years ago, management and the APA have said no and alpa has no choice but to comply with the wishes of management and the APA.
There are 539 "flow-through" pilots; as an American Eagle pilot ask yourself the following question - how would my quality of life change if 539 senior AE pilots were transferred to AA?
After you have thought about how your life would change if you were 539 numbers more senior at AE, ask yourself why you continue to pay monthly dues to alpa?
The document below by the alpa jester claims it is "Straight Answers For Those Who Respect The Truth"
Really! The truth is that alpa is preventing you from being 539 numbers more senior at American Eagle by not forcing management and the APA to execute the arbitrator's ruling and transfer the "flow-through" pilots to AA.
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Posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009
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alpa bullshit
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The AEPA would like to correct another piece of alpa bullshit regarding Letter 3.
In the Letter from MEC Chairman Tony Gutierrez incorporated as Article 1 in the MEC Hotline dated 12/18/09 and published yesterday, the following statement is made, in the second paragraph.
"Arbitrator Nicolau remanded the remedy back to the 4 parties. He stated that we could not seek his assistance for a minimum of 90 days."
First piece of bullshit: It stinks, but not too badly!
"Arbitrator Nicolau remanded the remedy back to the 4 parties" may not be the usual lumpy alpa bullshit but it is as close as you can get to lumpy alpa crap.
The 4 Parties asked Arbitrator Nicolau to allow them to "negotiate" the remedy.
Do not allow alpa to feed you lumpy bullshit by trying to insinuate that Arbitrator Nicolau, of his own accord, remanded the remedy back to the 4 Parties.
Page 2 of the Nicolau Award:
"If the answer is "yes," the question of remedy is to be returned to the Parties for determination, with the arbitrator retaining jurisdiction in the event a resolution is not reached."
Page 26 of the Nicolau Award:
"In accordance with the instructions of the Parties, the matter is remanded to ALPA, AE, AA and APA to formulate an appropriate remedy."
The 4 Parties asked Arbitrator Nicolau to return the remedy issue back to them.
The request by the 4 Parties to "remand" the remedy back to them, if Arbitrator Nicolau ruled for the American Eagle pilots - which he did - was nothing more than collusion, conspiracy and connivance to further delay the transfer of American Eagle pilots to AA.
alpa was complicit in the above collusion, conspiracy and connivance and it is still engaged in this contrived scheme.
Think about the above very carefully.
Arbitrator Nicolau was asked a very simple question:
Were American Eagle pilots who hold American Airline seniority numbers entitled to attend AA training classes beginning in June 2007?
His answer was - yes:
"As stated in the foregoing Opinion, American Eagle pilots who hold American Airline seniority numbers were entitled to attend AA training classes beginning in June 2007" (see page 26 of Arbitrator Nicolau's Opinion and Award).
Why would you ask the Arbitrator a simple YES or NO question and then say:
"Mr. Arbitrator, if you say Yes we want to negotiate a remedy"?
What were you hoping for - a No answer?
Were American Eagle pilots entitled to attend AA training classes? Yes or No!
The answer was Yes - therefore the remedy is simple as well - send them to AA.
Having said the above - the remedy is not simple if you want to make it complicated.
That is where alpa, the great pilot union, enters from Stage left.
AA management and the APA will do anything to keep the Eagle pilots from AA - alpa, the so called pilot's union, is there to help the APA.
Regional pilots are not real pilots so alpa will not enforce the Eagle Contract, in this case Letter 3. The AA pilots of course are real pilots, so alpa needs to lick their nuts.
As the AEPA has stated before; how much money is owed the American Eagle pilots who are being withheld from AA (the true remedy) can be paid to the pilots after they are transferred to AA. Why is alpa colluding to withhold the AE pilots?
The AE pilots do not have to wait for the money to buy a ticket to AA - the ticket was bought in 1997.
Second piece of bullshit: This is the turd that stinks.
"Arbitrator Nicolau remanded the remedy back to the 4 parties. He stated that we could not seek his assistance for a minimum of 90 days."
seek his assistance - bullshit - Arbitrator Nicolau said nothing about seeking his assistance.
What he said was:
"In the event that agreement on an appropriate remedy is not reached during the period of retained jurisdiction, any Party may, by motion, request that jurisdiction be exercised over the question of remedy. However, such request shall not be made within ninety days of the date of this Award."
jurisdiction be exercised- there is no assistance mentioned, unless you are a moron or you are conniving to delay transferring the American Eagle pilots to AA by requesting the Arbitrator now become a Mediator and help you "negotiate" a remedy.
Arbitrator Nicolau said very plainly, simply and directly - go away and if you idiots cannot reach an agreement in 90 days, any of you imbeciles can then ask me, and I will tell you the remedy.
American Eagle pilots were entitled to attend AA training classes in June 2007.
End of story.
If this does not occur after 90 days (January 16, 2010) the only reason is that alpa is colluding with AA management and the APA to stop any American Eagle pilot from transferring to AA.
Letter 3.VI.D states: "The neutral's (in this case Arbitrator Nicolau) decision on any matter within his jurisdiction may be enforced in federal court against any and all parties pursuant to the Railway Labor Act, as amended."
If alpa vigorously and aggressively represented the American Eagle pilots there would be no "we are waiting for management and APA to make up their minds" bullshit.
Arbitrator Nicolau would be asked to "exercise his jurisdiction over the question of remedy".
The simple question - Mr. Nicolau, what is the remedy?
A simple fax or email to Arbitrator Nicolau would do the trick. Why has alpa scheduled multiple days with Arbitrator Nicolau?
Mr. Nicolau ruled that American Eagle pilots were entitled to attend AA training classes in June 2007 - what do you think would be his remedy?
After Mr. Nicolau issued his remedy, IF alpa vigorously and aggressively represented the American Eagle pilots and AA did not comply with the Arbitrator's Remedy, alpa would be in federal court as per Letter 3.VI.D.
As the AEPA said IF alpa represented the American Eagle pilots.
The problem is that the great pilot union alpa is chattel - bought, sold and bent over by AA management and the APA.
That is why MEC Chairman Tony Gutierrez is lying to the American Eagle pilots when he says that "we could not seek the Arbitrator's assistance for a minimum of 90 days"
No assistance is needed; ask for the remedy and compel AA and APA to comply.
Unless of course the great pilot union alpa has already sold the American Eagle pilots down the river. Then alpa would need the assistance of the Arbitrator.
Lawsuits are messy and you cannot claim confidentiality.
An interesting question is why has alpa not advised the American Eagle pilots what it is demanding in these negotiations from AA management and the APA? The Arbitrator ruled in favor of the American Eagle pilots - the Eagle pilots are not beggars here. Unfortunately Eagle pilots are represented by the great pilot union alpo.
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It seems that pilots are having difficulty locating the DONATE button on www.aepa.org
The button is located on the right side of the "Home" page and is colored orange.
Just "click" on the button, fill in the form and follow the prompts.
Thank You for your support.
gavin@aepa.org
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Posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009
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alpa bullshit
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The AEPA would like to correct another piece of alpa bullshit regarding Letter 3.
In the Letter from MEC Chairman Tony Gutierrez incorporated as Article 1 in the MEC Hotline dated 12/18/09 and published yesterday, the following statement is made, in the second paragraph.
"Arbitrator Nicolau remanded the remedy back to the 4 parties. He stated that we could not seek his assistance for a minimum of 90 days."
First piece of bullshit: It stinks, but not too badly!
"Arbitrator Nicolau remanded the remedy back to the 4 parties" may not be the usual lumpy alpa bullshit but it is as close as you can get to lumpy alpa crap.
The 4 Parties asked Arbitrator Nicolau to allow them to "negotiate" the remedy.
Do not allow alpa to feed you lumpy bullshit by trying to insinuate that Arbitrator Nicolau, of his own accord, remanded the remedy back to the 4 Parties.
Page 2 of the Nicolau Award:
"If the answer is "yes," the question of remedy is to be returned to the Parties for determination, with the arbitrator retaining jurisdiction in the event a resolution is not reached."
Page 26 of the Nicolau Award:
"In accordance with the instructions of the Parties, the matter is remanded to ALPA, AE, AA and APA to formulate an appropriate remedy."
The 4 Parties asked Arbitrator Nicolau to return the remedy issue back to them.
The request by the 4 Parties to "remand" the remedy back to them, if Arbitrator Nicolau ruled for the American Eagle pilots - which he did - was nothing more than collusion, conspiracy and connivance to further delay the transfer of American Eagle pilots to AA.
alpa was complicit in the above collusion, conspiracy and connivance and it is still engaged in this contrived scheme.
Think about the above very carefully.
Arbitrator Nicolau was asked a very simple question:
Were American Eagle pilots who hold American Airline seniority numbers entitled to attend AA training classes beginning in June 2007?
His answer was - yes:
"As stated in the foregoing Opinion, American Eagle pilots who hold American Airline seniority numbers were entitled to attend AA training classes beginning in June 2007" (see page 26 of Arbitrator Nicolau's Opinion and Award).
Why would you ask the Arbitrator a simple YES or NO question and then say:
"Mr. Arbitrator, if you say Yes we want to negotiate a remedy"?
What were you hoping for - a No answer?
Were American Eagle pilots entitled to attend AA training classes? Yes or No!
The answer was Yes - therefore the remedy is simple as well - send them to AA.
Having said the above - the remedy is not simple if you want to make it complicated.
That is where alpa, the great pilot union, enters from Stage left.
AA management and the APA will do anything to keep the Eagle pilots from AA - alpa, the so called pilot's union, is there to help the APA.
Regional pilots are not real pilots so alpa will not enforce the Eagle Contract, in this case Letter 3. The AA pilots of course are real pilots, so alpa needs to lick their nuts.
As the AEPA has stated before; how much money is owed the American Eagle pilots who are being withheld from AA (the true remedy) can be paid to the pilots after they are transferred to AA. Why is alpa colluding to withhold the AE pilots?
The AE pilots do not have to wait for the money to buy a ticket to AA - the ticket was bought in 1997.
Second piece of bullshit: This is the turd that stinks.
"Arbitrator Nicolau remanded the remedy back to the 4 parties. He stated that we could not seek his assistance for a minimum of 90 days."
seek his assistance - bullshit - Arbitrator Nicolau said nothing about seeking his assistance.
What he said was:
"In the event that agreement on an appropriate remedy is not reached during the period of retained jurisdiction, any Party may, by motion, request that jurisdiction be exercised over the question of remedy. However, such request shall not be made within ninety days of the date of this Award."
jurisdiction be exercised- there is no assistance mentioned, unless you are a moron or you are conniving to delay transferring the American Eagle pilots to AA by requesting the Arbitrator now become a Mediator and help you "negotiate" a remedy.
Arbitrator Nicolau said very plainly, simply and directly - go away and if you idiots cannot reach an agreement in 90 days, any of you imbeciles can then ask me, and I will tell you the remedy.
American Eagle pilots were entitled to attend AA training classes in June 2007.
End of story.
If this does not occur after 90 days (January 16, 2010) the only reason is that alpa is colluding with AA management and the APA to stop any American Eagle pilot from transferring to AA.
Letter 3.VI.D states: "The neutral's (in this case Arbitrator Nicolau) decision on any matter within his jurisdiction may be enforced in federal court against any and all parties pursuant to the Railway Labor Act, as amended."
If alpa vigorously and aggressively represented the American Eagle pilots there would be no "we are waiting for management and APA to make up their minds" bullshit.
Arbitrator Nicolau would be asked to "exercise his jurisdiction over the question of remedy".
The simple question - Mr. Nicolau, what is the remedy?
A simple fax or email to Arbitrator Nicolau would do the trick. Why has alpa scheduled multiple days with Arbitrator Nicolau?
Mr. Nicolau ruled that American Eagle pilots were entitled to attend AA training classes in June 2007 - what do you think would be his remedy?
After Mr. Nicolau issued his remedy, IF alpa vigorously and aggressively represented the American Eagle pilots and AA did not comply with the Arbitrator's Remedy, alpa would be in federal court as per Letter 3.VI.D.
As the AEPA said IF alpa represented the American Eagle pilots.
The problem is that the great pilot union alpa is chattel - bought, sold and bent over by AA management and the APA.
That is why MEC Chairman Tony Gutierrez is lying to the American Eagle pilots when he says that "we could not seek the Arbitrator's assistance for a minimum of 90 days"
No assistance is needed; ask for the remedy and compel AA and APA to comply.
Unless of course the great pilot union alpa has already sold the American Eagle pilots down the river. Then alpa would need the assistance of the Arbitrator.
Lawsuits are messy and you cannot claim confidentiality.
An interesting question is why has alpa not advised the American Eagle pilots what it is demanding in these negotiations from AA management and the APA? The Arbitrator ruled in favor of the American Eagle pilots - the Eagle pilots are not beggars here. Unfortunately Eagle pilots are represented by the great pilot union alpo.
It seems that pilots are having difficulty locating the DONATE button on www.aepa.org
The button is located on the right side of the "Home" page and is colored orange.
Just "click" on the button, fill in the form and follow the prompts.
Thank You for your support.
gavin@aepa.org
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Posted on Thursday, December 31, 2009
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Happy Holidays
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The AEPA (American Eagle Pilots Association) wishes every Eagle pilot a Happy Holiday Season and the AEPA believes that 2010 will be a career changing year for all American Eagle pilots.
February 14, 2010 (Valentine's Day) the AEPA will begin a strategic campaign to remove alpa as the bargaining representative for the American Eagle pilots.
January 16, 2010 is the 90th day after the Nicolau Award.
To date, alpa has failed to secure the transfer of a single American Eagle pilot to AA in spite of the rulings in favor of the American Eagle pilots by Arbitrators Nicolau, LaRocco and Bloch.
The AEPA is committed to make 2010 a career changing year for every American Eagle pilot.
Any pilot wishing to contribute, no matter how small an amount, to the AEPA Strategic Fund, please select either DONATE button on the Front Page or Back Page of this website.
Pilots wishing to donate by check please use the following address:
AEPA
P.O. Box 466
Morro Bay
CA 93442
Thank You for your continued support and interest.
administrator@aepa.org
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Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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APA Information Hotline
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Below is the text of the APA Hotline. Eagle pilots should take special note of the APA statements with regard to outsourcing. The AA pilots would gladly sit by and watch management decimate American Eagle Airlines. The AA pilots have always viewed American Eagle pilots as a illegitimate operation flying outsourced AA work and not a sister carrier flying work that would be cost prohibitive if flown by AA pilots.
The AA pilot's silence on Chautauqua Airlines in ORD is just the first step in the AA pilots supporting management's "take down" of American Eagle.
APA Information Hotline
This is APA Communications Deputy Chairman First Officer Scott Shankland with the APA Information Hotline for Monday, November 16.
OCCC PARTNER FINNAIR PILOTS GO ON STRIKE: Late last night, the Finnair pilots ? who are one of our Oneworld Cockpit Crew Coalition (OCCC) partners ? initiated a strike. The labor action of the more than 800 Finnair pilots has resulted in a complete shutdown of the airline.
An APA press release stating our strong support for the Finnair pilots was issued today in the United States and Finland. APA volunteers are also personally assisting Finnair crewmembers stranded in New York City because of the shutdown.
The Finnair pilots are striking over the outsourcing of their flying. Upon the recent expiration of their pilot contract, Finnair management began unilaterally violating their existing scope protections by deploying E-170 jets to Finncomm (Finnish Commuter Airline, Ltd), a commuter carrier subsidiary. Attempts to negotiate a cessation of this outsourcing with management failed, prompting the strike. Negotiations are continuing through the work stoppage.
APA intends to support our fellow OCCC pilots in their efforts to protect their flying. Since outsourcing is a threat to our own pilot group, it is accurate to say that we have a shared interest in this fight.
APFA INFORMATIONAL PICKETING ON WEDNESDAY: To mark the 16th anniversary of their strike against AA, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) is planning picketing and leafleting demonstrations at all 10 flight attendant domiciles this Wednesday, November 18.
APFA has invited APA pilots to attend and support the flight attendants. If you attend and participate, please wear the full pilot uniform.
Picketing will occur from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time near AA terminal entrances at BOS, DFW (Terminals A, C, D), LGA and JFK, DCA (not BWI or IAD), LAX, MIA, ORD, RDU, SFO and STL.
That's all we have for now. Thanks for checking this hotline.
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Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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Eagle Pilots be careful!
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The aepa would like to caution every Eagle pilot to be highly suspicious and skeptical of the CRJ vacancy bid recently announced by management.
The MEC Hotline states that the vacancy bid is necessary to begin pilot training for the movement of the existing CRJ aircraft to ORD. If there is no displacement bid for the DFW CRJ pilots how does management have any idea how many pilots will need to be trained for the movement of the existing CRJ aircraft in ORD.
What is management planning on doing; awarding an ORD CRJ vacancy to a pilot and then turning around in a month and cancelling that vacancy award because a more senior DFW CRJ pilot chose to be displaced to ORD. Management stated that only 2 of the existing CRJ aircraft will remain in DFW.
Remember the above vacancy bid has an "enter training no later than 01 October 2010", 1 year away. The existing CRJ aircraft are supposed to be moved to ORD in June of 2010.
The deployment of the 22 CRJ aircraft that management claim are covered by a Letter of Intent have in the first instance not been purchased, and secondly, not been allocated a base so why is management running this fictitious bid.
The aepa believes that management is not being truthful and forthright and that is why the Eagle pilots should take whatever management says regarding vacancies, displacements and new aircraft "cum grano salis" (with a grain of salt).
Furthermore, the aepa has heard that Executive management is spreading the rumor that MIA will be a ERJ base and that some of the "new" CRJ aircraft will eventually be deployed in MIA.
Executive Pilots be careful! Remember that a pilot who bids and is awarded a "ERJ MIA Captain" vacancy will be seat locked for 24 months and will not be able to bid for the fictitious "CRJ MIA Captain" vacancy. Also First Officers may not bid to different jet equipment.
That may be exactly what management is hoping. A EMJ MIA Captain vacancy is announced and senior Executive Airlines pilots pass up the ERJ bid in anticipation of the "CRJ bid" and remain in the ATR. After the ERJ bid is filled with pilots who have been displaced from, say ORD, and all the positions have been filled by existing ERJ qualified pilots from AEA, the CRJ aircraft never materialize in MIA. It is a windfall for management as it has avoided training any MIA pilots and Executive Airlines still has a full complement of ATR pilots. A similar situation exists for First Officers as they cannot bid to different jet equipment so management is hoping that the ATR First Officers will remain in the ATR waiting for the CRJ aircraft in MIA and the ERJ vacancies will be filled by existing ERJ pilots from other domiciles.
What you will notice is that management is not offering the American Eagle pilots any information regarding its future business plans and is relying on ALPA to disclose to the pilots the best information that it has available which has, unfortunately, been obtained from management. This information may or may not be truthful, valid or correct but management does not care because it has the ability to distance itself from the information and blame ALPA if all or some of management's hallucinogenic statements eventually are proved to be false.
As the acting President of the aepa I have previously called on Peter Bowler to resign as I firmly believe he is incompetent and a disasater as an airline CEO but I now believe that Peter Bowler has betrayed the American Eagle employees and begun to place the welfare of the corporation above the welfare of the corporation's employees and has resorted to lying to the hard working men and women of American Eagle Airlines. If Peter Bowler has resorted to lying to the hard working employees of American Eagle Airlines then he is not only incompetent but a fool as well.
Allow me to ask you a few questions regarding managements recent announcements.
Which First Officers will be able to bid the "37 First Officer CRJ vacancies in ORD"? First Officers in the ERJ cannot bid for those vacancies under Section 15 of the CBA as First Officers cannot bid between jet equipment.
Remember that there is currently "NO INTENT" by management to recall the 71 furloughed Eagle First Officers.
If management wants Chautauqua to fly ERJ 145 aircraft in ORD what will Chautauqua do with the 13 ERJ 140 aircraft that it is currently flying for AA? Is AA going to park those aircraft in the desert and continue to pay the lease obligations on those aircraft or are those inefficient aircraft going to end up at Eagle and Peter Bowler will begin to complain about the "high cost" of Eagle flying?
ERJ 145 aircraft are more cost efficient than ERJ 140 aircraft.
The MEC reported that Peter Bowler stated that he had "no plans" to retire any of Eagle's existing fleet. What does this mean, that Eagle will continue to try and "compete" for AA feed using ERJ 135 aircraft which are cost prohibitive or has Peter Bowler been lying the the American Eagle pilots and the ERJ 135 is as cost efficient as the ERJ 145?
If this is so, why was Eagle continuously making an "on board loss" according to Peter Bowler.
Remember that if AA cancelled the Chautauqua Airlines feed agreement AA would have been required to pay Chautauqua $21,000,000.00 (twenty one million) and AA would have been obligated to take back the 13 ERJ 140 aircraft Chautauqua is currently flying for AA.
Apparently Peter Bowler believes that Eagle pilots should pay that debt for AA and furthermore, Chautauqua Airlines should continue to be profitable and Eagle should continue to make an "on board loss".
Caveat emptor (Let the buyer beware)
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Posted on Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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