It sucks *IF* you think the guy with the most TT, or TPIC, should be hired first. For the guys who havn't been able to upgrade it's gives some hope.

Some of the mid/late 1980 newhire AA guys were fairly low time. Some of those guys are involved in the hiring process. They realize if *THEY*, as a 3000 TT newhire years ago, were good enough then AND have done well since then what's the point of expecting or demanding Superman resumes today?

Trying to find the balance is the hard part and AA isn't telling us where they've decided the balance point is. And there's always been some uncertainty as to how different airlines pick different candidates. Nothing's changed in that regard.