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Also unknown is how many of the FAs intend to retire immediately after (or shortly after) their return to the line. From an email cut and pasted to another forum:
Apparently, FAs intending to retire must be trained and become active for at least one day prior to retirement. Dunno how many will do this but if the number is significant, further recalls could be possible.
I thought about the possibility that may be the reason for the staggered recall notices, however, both of the groups being recalled will have the same choice of training classes and will report to work on June 1. It is not as if one group will have already reported to work before the second wave of recall notices is sent. As Willie Aviles, the APFA LGA Base Chair, wrote: "[Y]ou must be trainned [sic] and go online for 1 day before you can retire under the 50-55 rule." The company will not accept early retirement notices before they report back to base and the returning employees do not have to give early notice.
According to the rumor mill, that thus far has accurately predicted all the recent recalls since they were first announced in November 2010, by the end of the summer the recall list will have been cleared and the airline will start hiring new flight attendants for the first time in ten years.