Flywife

Not to worry, if he is hired by Oct 11th, it will years before being close to an AA mainline jet, remember they have to go thru all the recalls, flow thrus, then work their way down the AE list. By the, jobs at FDX, DL, UAL will also be opening. I strongly suspect that a rather small percentage of AE guys will actually become AA mainline pilots, if there is an AA mainline in 10 years.

But, hey, what do I know, I've only been associated with the industry since the "Great Pilot Shortage" of the late Sixties. I still have Flying magazine ads telling me I should be approaching retirement flying a Concorde with Pan Am, Eastern or United.

Fortunately, I had a very realistic father who insisted I could fly ONLY if I had a plan for "real" employment. The Seventies looked a lot like the last ten years BUT there was no Regional factor, just unemployment.

GF