Greetings from GRU, we were joking on the way down "Hey, this is the New American" think morbid sense of humor.

For anyone that thinks i'm a complainer and do nothing about it. Here's what i've been doing the last week and a half.

One or more new 777 FO's in MIA are not getting a South America IOE or IE as AA calls it. These FO's have never flown anything but the S80 and only domestic for 18+ years.
I watched in the computer as they got a 2 day LAX and then a LHR trip. So I called Prof Std's and then emailed the head of APA training comittee, no response then I called our MIA vice chair who's also a 777 Fo. He understodd but knew it's legal to just get a London trip and be goood to go for So Am & Carrib. Then I called a check airman, he said "give up you're beating your head against a wall" Then I called one of our MIA chief pilots and he said he'd work on it. Well they gave one guy another London IOE instead of So Am. So I wrote the VP of Ops Capt John Hale. HE responded in 30 minutes saying "Thaqnks and he check on check airman availability"

I knew he'd respond. I believe I critiqued him hard and harshly earlier this week. I'll let you know what happens, but I would imagine one email to Flt Training (Std's) and it's done.

So i'm not one that just complains, I act.

Other than my own "Contradictions" ( I wear Contradiction cologne by Calvin Klein) If you get on with AA in the near future, things may be changing. We are going to get a JBCA (new contract) within 2 years I hope and much of the AMR management will be gone.

When I hear of interview processes I will pass on details.