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In the 2003 concessions, the APFA agreed to limit recall rights to five years - so after five years on furlough, the FAs no longer had a right to be recalled. AA and APFA agreed to extend recall rights for some FAs a while back, but it did not include the FAs who had already been on furlough for five years - they fell off the list and won't be rehired.
Recall rights have been limited to five years well before the 2003
Restructuring Agreement. These rights are spelled out in the
Foundation Document (warning: very large PDF file) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
6. a. Seniority and preference in reemployment if furloughed under paragraph B.1. of this Article shall be forfeited unless reemployed within five (5) years of layoff. Length of service credit for pay purposes shall not accrue during any period of layoff.
The only change affecting furloughs in the 2003 concessionary agreement was the elimination of severance pay.
Article 16.B.3
Eliminate furlough pay.
Recall rights have been extended twice for two years each time for those currently furloughed. Flight attendants who were furloughed in 2003 and not called back in 2007 or 2008 and refurloughed in 2009 will have their recall rights expire in 2012. One of the
agreed upon provisions of the CBA currently under negotiations provides for unlimited recall rights.
The main item on which the parties agreed concerning this article is to extend unlimited recall rights for flight attendants whose names appeared on the recall list as of October 2, 2009. Additionally, in no case shall a senior flight attendant furloughed after October 2, 2009, have a recall period shorter than a more junior flight attendant.