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A spokesman for American Airlines wasn't immediately available to comment.
The Allied Pilots Association are calling for the airline to:
1. Reduce the maximum hours the carrier is allowed to schedule each month from 78 to 75 hours.
2. Offer additional incentives for pilots to retire early -- 60 months credit toward their agen and/or lenght of service to maximize their retirment benefit.
3. Offer a temporary waiver of monthly maximums to compensate for expected spikes in pilot retirements.
"Our proposal would also help to mitigate stagnation, whereas management's proposal would result in even less seat movement," said Karl Schricker, an APA spokesman in a hotline to members.
You can read more details about the APA's proposal here.
In addition, APA officials said Tuesday that they believe that American's plan to mitigate furloughs would bring the number of pilots below the 7,300 minimum required as part of its agreement with American over its use of commuter jet service.
Last week, the APA sued for the right to tell its members not to work voluntary overtime, a tactic that could hurt the carrier's schedule reliability and save 200 pilot jobs slated for furlough.
Fort Worth-based American Airlines Inc. said last month that it may furlough as many as 200 pilots in October as part of its effort to reduce its workforce by 8 percent, or nearly 7,000 jobs.
Tuesday's counter by APA is in response to a proposal made by American in July that would offer incentives of up to 41/2 months of severance pay for some senior captains and allow the carrier to schedule pilots for more hours each month.
American may schedule pilots to fly up to 78 hours every month. However, pilots may agree to fly an additional five hours, the union said.
American's July proposal would allow the carrier to schedule pilots for 82 hours per month and as much as 95 hours under certain situations.
American also has said that it would cut 1,300 aircraft mechanics jobs, plus 200 management and support jobs in its maintenance area.
It also planned to cut 900 flight attendants, but the flight attendants' union said this week that enough members had decided to retire or take leaves of absence.
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