Originally Posted by rickt86

Ditto, in 3 years you could be captain and the spin off could still be a year or two away from taking effect and you could be at somewhere like UAL before the pain is felt. Unless you have some god given gift to see the future, you cant know whats going to happen. I personally think people are going to make out like bank robbers for the next few years, and by the time this thing hits the pilot group, it will be too late for anyone on property now to feel. These retirements are coming, and 10 years of well due movement will all hit at once plus the 5 years of more movement will hit, plus the fact that people have not wanted to come into this industry for the last 5+ years will hit. It will be 20 years of hiring in a 5 year span. I am not saying come here for an AA number, but come here because people will be going to AA and you will see that left seat FAST. The fact people will leave quickly is worth 10 times more than some long shot AA slot. The idiots who say at least you get an AA slot if you goto eagle in a form of sarcasm are complete idiots. The AA 'slot' for everyone in the left seat not is worth a ton to you right now, not the slot itself.

This spin off will take awhile, and right now we cant even staff what we have flying, stop with the sky is falling already.