Regional Airline Pilots Could Transition Faster to Mainline Airlines Due To American Eagle Deal
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If other airlines emulate the faster flow through for pilots from positions at American Eagle to American Airlines, then that would help the mainline airlines, and might exacerbate the pilot shortage among regional airlines.
If other airlines decide to emulate aspects of the tentative labor agreement between American Eagle and the Airline Pilots Association, then regional airline pilots could be moving up to positions at mainline airlines a lot quicker than in the past.
The agreement, subject to ratification by the pilots, freezes pay rates until 2018.
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