Originally Posted by
LarryJ
The APA was ready to sit down and discuss it all along. It was management that didn't want to talk.
Are you APA President Captain Dan Carey? I'll assume you're not and so weren't in these negotiations with AA yourself.
The NY Times published a statement from the union that AA had offered 1.5x for pilots to come back. That same person said that the airline wasn't permitted to make such an offer. Seems pretty clear to me - as an impartial person in this matter with no AA bookings nor airline employment - that AA mgt had made an attempt to rectify the situation and that the
union was the blocker (at least at that point) (by their own admission). I'm sorry if that doesn't fit your view, but it is, nonetheless, a reasonable conclusion.
The matter is settled. And the thread has devolved away from any discussion on AA's system issue (on
both sides). Time to close the thread, no?