![]() ![]() Robert Isom said he wants pilots to “feel great about their jobs.” For that to happen, we need work rules that meaningfully improve our work-life balance and how we perform our job, and we want a management that recognizes our job is more than just the paycheck we receive for going to work. Apparently, Robert Isom’s idea of taking care of our pilots and ensuring parity with our peers at other airlines is that we will be paid comparably while working under more onerous work rules. Most of those items remain unaddressed in management’s most recent proposal. We have highlighted to management various quality-of-life and work-rule improvements that would bring us in line with our peers. We do not intend to move forward with a TA that simply adopts the economic aspects of the United AIP – and management’s proposal does not even do that in all respects. Robert Isom confirmed his intentions with the proposal his team made and the video he issued to the membership on Friday afternoon. Conspicuously absent from any of his comments: a commitment to adjust the work rules and quality-of-life provisions in the TA in a manner comparable to what Scott Kirby has committed to at United. During his subsequent State of the Airline remarks, Robert Isom acknowledged his commitment to match wages including retroactive pay. His responses were very consistent – he reiterated his intention to “take care of our pilots” and “match the wages” in the United AIP. Some of the journalists and analysts on hand asked Robert Isom about the status of our TA. We know it, you know it, and management knows it, too.ĭuring American Airlines’ second-quarter earnings call on Thursday, Robert Isom and his team proudly touted our airline’s operational and financial performance and prospects for the future. It came from Road Shows and Membership Ratification Vote on HoldThe announcement of the United Agreement in Principle rendered our current Tentative Agreement (TA) un-ratifiable. ![]()
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