Originally Posted by
cowboypilot
I'm not saying they give preferential hiring to AE pilot but I never understood this argument, if AA doesn't hire the AE pilot then he is going to go somewhere else and they are still going to have to pay to train a new pilot.
Maybe he will, maybe he won't. But if AA hires him, they will immediately have to pay for TWO hiring/training evolutions, guaranteed.
Ask around, this is a known phenomenon, ESPECIALLY when pilots are in demand. If the VP of AE can't meet his flight schedule due to pilot turnover, he will ask the AMR CEO to tell the AA VP to stop stealing his pilots. This has been observed at other airlines also, too much poaching of pilots from your own regional system is shooting yourself in the foot...much better to poach from your COMPETITOR's regional system.
Not to say you can't move up in your own system, just that many majors try not to do too much of that.