

“Right now, American management has locked down our trip trading system.

That’s the time when pilots like myself can come out there and help, but we need to have the flexibility in our schedule,” he explained. When American management fails is in the recovery after a weather event. “When mother nature hits, flights get canceled. Nearly four years later, Tajer said the push for more control over pilot scheduling remains a key issue. Early negotiations over pilot contracts began in January 2019, he says. Tajer also serves as a spokesperson for the Allied Pilots Association, based in Fort Worth.

Tajer has been with American Airlines as a pilot for more than 30 years. “It’s not only to improve our pilots’ professional and financial lives, it’s actually to inject reliability into American Airlines,” Capt. A pilots union representing roughly 14,000 pilots with American Airlines says ongoing contract negotiations are at a “frustrating” point as talks near three years.
